Indian equities are trading flat with positive bias ahead of F&O expiry today. Metal and realty stocks witnessed a rise whereas IT stocks registered a fall.
At 11.21 a.m., the Sensex was trading up 13.04 points or 0.05% at 26,100.46 with 15 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 0.75 points or 0.01% at 7,790.65 with 25 components falling.
Top gainers were Tata Steel (2.51%), Cipla (2.49%), Maruti Suzuki (1.29%), and SSTL (1.15%).
Major losers were Wipro (1.25%), M&M (1.14%), Sun Pharma (0.81%) and Tata Power (0.80%).
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.75% and 0.70% respectively.
The Realty index was at 1,910.01, up by 21.55 points or by 1.14%. The Metal index was at 13,195.60, up by 137.43 points or by 1.05%.
On the other hand, the IT index was at 9,749.91, down by 51.62 points or by 0.53%.