The benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty continue to trade in a narrow range on Wednesday.

At noon, the Nifty was up 0.1 per cent at 9,923 while the Sensex was up 0.01 per cent at 33,641.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.3 per cent at 20,351 while the Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.1 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively. The India Volatility Index was up 2 per cent to 33.61.

All the sectoral indices were trading flat with both positive and negative bias, except Media index, which remains the top sectoral gainer, rising 1.6 per cent.

Maruti Suzuki was up 3.3 per cent and remains the top Nifty gainer while the laggard was Bharti Infratel, losing 2.5 per cent.

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