Tata Steel was the top gainer on the BSE in the morning session on Thursday. At 11.35 am it was trading at Rs 373.15 as against Rs 367.20 at close yesterday. This was a gain of 1.62 per cent.
Infosys rode up 1.37 per cent to quote at Rs 2,327.25 as against Rs 2,295.75 at close on Wednesday.
Maruti Suzuki gained 0.95 per cent at Rs 3,594.15 as against Rs 3,560.45 at close overnight.
HDFC extended its firm trend to quote at Rs 1,336. This represented a gain of 0.74 per cent on its previous close at Rs 1,326.20.
BHEL gained 0.56 per cent to trade at Rs 261.20. The share closed the overnight session at Rs 259.75.
The benchmark indices shed most of their early gains on heavy selling of banking, FMCG, infrastructure and power sector stocks on mixed Asian cues. Near the mid-session, the Sensex was down over 100 points at the 29,200 level, while the Nifty lost 40 points to hover above the 8,820 mark.
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