At 12:05 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 34,418, up 65 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 10,628, up 4 points.
Among BSE sectoral indices, realty index gained the most by 1.67%, followed by PSU Bank 0.56%, consumer durables 0.53% and metal 0.48%. On the other hand, IT Index was down 0.2%, Teck 0.15%, healthcare 0.08% and capital goods 0.01%.
Auto stocks nudged higher. Ashok Leyland (+2.1%), Escorts (+1.8%), TVS Motor Company (+1.47%), Mahindra & Mahindra (+0.26%), Maruti Suzuki India (+0.06%) and Hero MotoCorp (+ 0.03%) edged higher.
Coal India soared over 6% after its board approved a hike in the prices of non-coking coal for power and non-power sectors with immediate effect.
Tata Motors was up 1.8% after the company's subsidiary JLR, reported a 0.6% growth in retail sales to 55,697 vehicles in December 2017 over December 2016.
Sutlej Textiles & Industries surged 5% after the company said its board approved the setting up of a green fibre project to manufacture polyester staple fibre by recycling of pet bottles at Samba, Jammu and Kashmir.
Aarti Drugs jumped 5% after the company fixed January 19, 2018 as record date for buyback of upto 2.75 lakh shares, representing up to 1.15% stake, at Rs875 per share.
The BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap indices were up 0.37% and 0.11%, respectively.
Volatility index India VIX gained 1.49%.
Coal India (+6.1%), Tata Motors (+1.9%), Reliance Ind (+1.4%), ITC (+1.3%) and Yes Bank (+1.2%) were the top gainers on Nifty50.
Zee (-1.6%), Eicher (-1.5%), HCL Tech (-1.4%), Hindalco (-1.3%) and HPCL (-1.2%) were the top losers in today’s trade.
Out of 2,005 stocks traded on the NSE, 866 advanced, 786 declined and 353 remained unchanged today.
A total of 129 stocks registered a fresh 52-week high in trade today, while four stocks touched a new 52-week low on the NSE.
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