On the strength of encouraging signs from other Asian markets, Indian equities indices were holding heads in the green territory in the midday session.

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Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Nikkei 225 surging 727.65 points or 2.62% to 28,546.98, Hang Seng increased 76.79 points or 0.38% to 20,159.22, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 86.31 points or 0.57% to 15,284.16 and KOSPI rose 0.93 points or 0.04% to 2,524.71. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite declined 3.09 points or 0.09% to 3,278.58, Jakarta Composite lost 25.99 points or 0.36% to 7,134.40 and Straits Times trembled 30.87 points or 0.93% to 3,271.09.

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The Sensex is presently trading at 59,429.84, up 97.24 points or 0.16% after moving in a range of 59,113.01 and 59,457.62. On the index, there were 15 stocks that advanced and 15 stocks that declined.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Midcap index up by 0.25%, while the Small cap index was up by 0.59%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Oil & Gas up by 2.06%, Energy up by 1.88%, Metal up by 1.74%, Realty up by 1.33% and PSU up by 1.27%, while Healthcare down by 0.71%, TECK down by 0.52%, IT down by 0.44%, Auto down by 0.26% and FMCG down by 0.05% were the top losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Tata Steel up by 2.75%, NTPC up by 2.41%, Power Grid up by 1.77%, Reliance Industries up by 1.31% and SBI up by 1.00%. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra was down by 1.16%, Maruti Suzuki was down by 1.12%, Infosys down by 1.09%, Larsen & Toubro down by 1.00% and Ultratech Cement down by 0.91% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 17690.15, up 31.15 points or 0.18% after moving in a range of 17,597.85 and 17,699.90. On the index, 28 stocks advanced and 22 stocks declined.

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The top gainers on Nifty were ONGC up by 3.80%, Tata Steel up by 2.80%, NTPC up by 2.34%, SBI Life Insuran up by 1.88% and UPL up by 1.83%. On the flip side, Apollo Hospital Ent. was down by 3.01%, Divi’s Lab was down by 2.73%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.26%, Tata Consumer Product down by 1.20% and Infosys down by 1.13% were the top losers.