Erasing most of its early gains, the BSE benchmark Sensex was trading higher by 33 points in the late morning trade today on buying in IT, Capital Goods, Teck and Auto counters despite selling in Consumer Durable and Helathcare counters.
Shares of IT companies firmed up due to depreciation of rupee value against the dollar.
The 30-share index resumed higher at 19,530.35 and moved up further to 19,585.75 on strong buying. However, it declined afterwards to 19,419.07 before quoting at 19,462.56 at 1100 hrs still showing a gain of 33.33 points 0.17 per cent from its last weekend's level.
The NSE 50-share Nifty also moved up by six points, or 0.10 per cent, to 5,887.00 at 1100hrs.
Major gainers were Wipro (2.06 per cent), Hero Motocorp (2.00 per cent), NTPC (1.32 per cent), M&M (1.28 per cent) Bajaj Auto (1.20 per cent) and TCS (0.98 per cent).
However, Jindal Steel moved down by 2.18 per cent, Sun Pharma 1.87 per cent, Bharti Airtel 0.97 per cent and Icici Bank 0.84 per cent.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 157.90 crs on last Friday as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.
Most Asian stocks edged higher in the early trade after a report showed the US added more workers than expected. Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea rose by 0.44 per cent to 3.38 per cent.
US stocks ended higher on last Friday after US jobs data eased investors' worries that the Federal Reserve may be reducing its stimulus program in the near future.
