2:22 pm
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NEW DELHI : The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was witnessing a tepid session as cautious investors chose to remain on sidelines ahead of the meeting of European leaders to find a solution for Eurozone crisis.
Meanwhile, the weakness in Indian rupee against the US dollar also kept market jittery. The partial convertible rupee was down at 50.28 against the US dollar.
At 1:45 pm; the Sensex was at 16946.34, up 9.45 points or 0.06 per cent. The 30-share index touched intraday low of 16873.99 and high of 17032.32.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 5093.95, up 2.05 points or 0.04 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5120.75 and low of 5070.65 in trade so far.
BSE Midcap Index was up 0.02 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index edged 0.09 per cent higher.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Capital Goods Index gained 0.92 per cent, BSE Auto Index was up 0.58 per cent and BSE Power Index moved 0.32 per cent higher. BSE Realty Index was down 0.90 per cent.
Sensex gainers included Maruti Suzuki (2.18%), Larsen & Toubro (2.15%), BHEL (1.81%), Bajaj Auto (1.61%) and State Bank of India (1.44%).
Bharti Airtel (-1.94%), DLF (-1.75%), HDFC (-1.49%), NTPC (-1.23%) and Tata Steel (-1.10%) were amongst the major losers.
Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 1245 gainers against 1400 losers.
Meanwhile, the European markets have opened in the green on hopes of solution for eurozone crisis. FTSE 100 was up 0.42 per cent, CAC 40 gained 0.73 per cent and DAX moved 0.62 per cent higher.
