Sensex lacklustre: Oil & gas index up 1%

The Sensex is lacklustre and is now at 17,170, up five points. The NSE Nifty is at 5,131, up two points.

Among the sensex-30 stocks, Reliance Industries and ONGC have added 1.5% each at Rs 1,044 and Rs 1,083, respectively.

Tata Motors, TCS, Sun Pharma have added 0.5% each on the BSE.

HDFC Bank and ITC are the major losers on the BSE, down 1% each at Rs 1,785 and Rs 256, respectively.

The other major losers were ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Sterlite and ACC, down 0.5% each.

The market breadth is positive, out of 2,176 shares traded, 1,262 have advanced and 844 have declined so far on the BSE.

Among the sectoral indices, Oil & gas & consumer durables indices have added 1% each.

The BSE Bankex and the FMCG indices have declined 0.5% each .

The BSE midcap and the smallcap indices are up 0.5% each at 6,671 and 8,421, respectively.