The Sensex and Nifty both lost ground in the mid-day session, weighed down by negative indications from other Asian markets. 

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Asian markets were trading mostly in red Nikkei 225 slipping 280.63 points or 0.96% to 28,942.14, Hang Seng decreased 119.68 points or 0.60% to 19,802.77, Taiwan Weighted dropped 68.69 points or 0.44% to 15,396.76, Shanghai Composite declined 15.91 points or 0.48% to 3,276.62 and KOSPI fell 15.13 points or 0.6% to 2,501.34. On the flip side, Jakarta Composite soared 6.63 points or 0.09% to 7,140.08 and Straits Times advanced 14.41 points or 0.44% to 3,277.17.

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The Sensex is presently trading at 60,034.53, down 225.60 points or 0.37% from a low of 59,969.08 and a high of 60,287.13. On the index, 10 stocks advanced while 20 stocks declined.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Midcap index up by 0.26%, while the Small cap index was up by 0.23%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 0.92%, Telecom up by 0.59%, FMCG up by 0.44%, Utilities up by 0.26% and Industrials up by 0.21%, while Oil & Gas down by 1.02%, IT down by 0.98%, Energy down by 0.88%, Healthcare down by 0.84% and TECK down by 0.80% were the top losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Bharti Airtel up by 1.63%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.45%, Ultratech Cement up by 0.51%, SBI up by 0.44% and Hindustan Unilever up by 0.40%. On the flip side, Dr Reddy’s Lab was down by 2.93%, Wipro was down by 1.86%, Sun Pharma down by 1.47%, Infosys down by 1.44% and HCL Tech. down by 0.95% were the top losers.

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The Nifty is presently trading at 17,881.55, down 62.70 points or 0.35% from a low of 17,861.50 and a high of 17,954.65. On the index, 17 stocks advanced while 33 stocks declined.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Tata Consumer Products up by 2.10%, SBI Life Insurance up by 1.67%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 1.66%, Bharti Airtel up by 1.56% and Hindustan Unilever up by 0.53%. On the flip side, Dr Reddy’s Lab down by 2.87%, ONGC down by 2.79%, Wipro down by 1.84%, BPCL down by 1.57% and Sun Pharma down by 1.50% were the top losers.