Despite favourable signs from other Asian markets, weak activity remained on Dalal Street in the mid-day session, with both the Sensex and the Nifty trading in red territory. 

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Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Hang Seng increasing 229.85 points or 1.09% to 21,311.98, Nikkei 225 surged 197.61 points or 0.71% to 27,959.18, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 61.01 points or 0.37% to 16,613.58, Shanghai Composite gained 33.47 points or 1.05% to 3,228.93and KOSPI rose 11.66 points or 0.44% to 2,670.65. On the flip side, Straits Times trembled 4.45 points or 0.14% to 3,227.52 and Jakarta Composite lost 118.14 points or 1.64% to 7,064.82.

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Sensex is currently trading at 55,702.00, down by 67.23 points or 0.12% after trading in a range of 55,295.74 and 55,767.14. There were 11 stocks advancing against 19 stocks declining on the index.

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The broader indices were trading in red with the BSE Mid cap index being down by 0.88%, while the Small cap index was down by 0.93%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Oil & Gas up by 0.24%, Energy up by 0.12%, Metal up by 0.06% and Power up by 0.01%, while IT down by 1.47%, Consumer Durables down by 1.24%, Consumer discretionary down by 1.20%, TECK down by 1.15% and Realty down by 1.12% were the top losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were NTPC up by 0.74%, Tata Steel up by 0.73%, HDFC up by 0.35%, ITC up by 0.31% and Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 0.26%. On the flip side, Bajaj Finserv was down by 2.89%, Tech Mahindra down by 2.84%, HCL Tech. down by 1.71%, Wipro down by 1.64% and Asian Paints down by 1.48% were the top losers.

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Nifty is currently trading at 16,574.50, down by 9.80 points or 0.06% after trading in a range of 16,444.55 and 16,587.70. There were 22 stocks advancing against 28 stocks declining on the index.

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The top gainers on Nifty were ONGC up by 2.21%, JSW Steel up by 1.82%, Bajaj Auto up by 1.64%, Cipla up by 1.37% and HDFC Life Insurance up by 1.28%. On the flip side, Bajaj Finserv was down by 2.81%, Shree Cement down by 2.46%, Tech Mahindra down by 2.41%, BPCL down by 2.39% and Grasim Industries down by 1.73% were the top losers.