Markets are trading volatile. The BSE realty index has outperformed the other sector indices but gave up its morning gain. The BSE metal, capital goods, banking and oil & gas indices are also trading in green with modest gain.

At 15.04 hrs IST, the Sensex is down 117.12 points or 0.67% at 17483.00, and the Nifty down 43.15 points or 0.83% at 5185.05.

About 1533 shares have advanced, 1336 shares declined, and 214 shares are unchanged.

The BSE midcap index was up 1.41% at 7339.

Top gainers on the Sensex are Reliance Infra, Jaiprakash Asso and L&T.

Top gainers on the Nifty Zee Entertain, Unitech and Cairn India.

The Most active shares on BSE are HDIL, Reliance and Jaiprakash Asso.

Markets volatile; Rel Infra, JP Asso, L&T gain

Markets gave up its mid noon gains and are now trading volatile. Buying interest seen in realty, capital goods, metal and bank stocks. The BSE midcap index was also trading with good gain; it was up 1.59% at 8,857.65. However, auto, consumer durable stocks are witnessing selling pressure.

At 1.11 pm, the Sensex is up 27.14 points or 0.15% at 17627.26, and the Nifty down 7.85 points or 0.15% at 5220.35.

About 1768 shares have advanced, 1098 shares declined, and 217 shares are unchanged.

Reliance Infra, Jaiprakash Asso, L&T, Unitech and Zee Entertain were the top gainers on the bourses. However, Hindalco, SBI, Tata Motors,

Hero Honda and Idea Cellular are the top losers on the bourses.

Most active shares on BSE are HDIL, Jaiprakash Asso and Titagarh Wagons.

Mkts trading in green; Realty, cap goods, bank surge

Markets trades in green with modest gains. Nifty is hovering around 5250 level. Except auto and consumer durable BSE all other sectoral indices are trading positive.

At 12.04 pm, the Sensex is up 108.44 points or 0.62% at 17708.56, and the Nifty up 18.30 points or 0.35% at 5246.50.

About 1843 shares have advanced, 1031 shares declined, and 209 shares are unchanged.

The BSE realty, capital goods, banking indices are witnessing buying interest.

Top gainers on the bourses are L&T, Reliance Infra, Jaiprakash Asso and Unitech.

However, Hindalco, Wipro, Tata Motors, Hero Honda and NALCO were top losers on the bourses.

Most active shares on BSE are Jaiprakash Asso, HDIL and Unitech.

Markets choppy; L&T, Reliance Infra, Maruti up

Markets are trading choppy. The BSE realty index has outperformed the other sectoral indices; it was up over 2% at 8926. Capital goods, power, banking sectors are also trading in green. However, auto, oil & gas indices stocks are witnessing selling interest.

The BSE midcap and smallcap indices are up 1.15% and 0.56% respectively.

At 10.35 am, the Sensex is up 15.51 points or 0.09% at 17615.63, and the Nifty down 3.00 points or 0.06% at 5225.20. 

About 1702 shares have advanced, 1164 shares declined, and 217 shares are unchanged.

L&T, Reliance Infra, Maruti are top gainers on the Sensex.

Market opens volatile; Capital goods, realty up

The markets opened strong, but gave up its opening gain and is now trading volatile. Buying interest is seen in capital goods and realty indices. However, IT, FMCG, oil and gas stocks are witnessing selling pressure.

At 9.56 am, the Sensex was up 18 points at 17618, and the Nifty was up 2 points at 5230.

Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, L&T, DLF are among major gainers.

Asian Markets:

Asian markets were trading mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.08% or 21.72 points at 26,262.74. Singapore's Straits Times rose 0.64% or 20.78 points at 3,256.88. However ,Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted fell 0.84% or 75.39 points at 8,888.24.

US Markets:

The Dow Jones industrial average rose almost 48.20 points, half a percent to 13,058.2. The Nasdaq composite index decreased 3.72 or 0.2%, to 2,476.99. The S&P 500 marginally up at 1,413.9.

Market cues:

• FIIs net sell USD 21 million in equity on Apr 30
• NSE F&O Open Int up by Rs 3511 crore at Rs 66,686 crore