Nifty, Sensex lacklustre; ITC, HUL, Infosys under pressure

The 30-share BSE Sensex and 50-share NSE Nifty remained lacklustre since early trade. European markets too opened flat ahead of a critical EU summit that scheduled for June 28-29 in Brussels.

The BSE benchmark was up 17.29 points at 16,899.45 and the NSE benchmark rose 6.35 points to 5,121.

State-owned oil & gas producer ONGC and gas transportation services provider GAIL topped the buying list, rising 2.5% each.

Index heavyweight Reliance Industries and country's largest lender State Bank of India were marginally higher.

Private sector lender HDFC Bank and top software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services gained 1% each while Infosys slipped 1%.

Drug makers Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's Labs and Cipla were up around 1%.

However, FMCG majors ITC and HUL were down 0.74% and 2.3%, respectively. Steel producers Tata Steel and Sterlite Industries declined 1%.

Top telecom operator Bharti Airtel and engineering and construction major by sales Larsen & Toubro were marginally down.