The Indian bourses opened on a negative note tracking weak global cues at 16,855.91.The Sensex however has tried to recover and is now at 16,868, down 20 points.
Wipro has soared 2% to Rs 686. Tata Motors has added 1% at Rs 719. Sun Pharma, Hero Honda, BHEL, TCS and Tata Power are up 0.5% each.
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank have slipped 1% each to Rs 817 and Rs 1,658, respectively.
Hindalco, ACC, Infosys and Reliance Communications are down 0.5% each.
The market breadth is fairly positive, out of 1,398 shares traded, 831 have advanaced and 506 have declined so far on the BSE.