NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Midcap index was trading up in afternoon trade on Monday.

The BSE Midcap index was trading 0.29 per cent up at 16,611, while the Sensex was 0.24 per cent down at 33,234 around 1.10 pm (IST). The Nifty50 index was 0.37 per cent down at 10,284.

Shares of Amara Raja Batteries (up 5.95 per cent), Jindal Steel & Power (up 5.23 per cent), Wockhardt (up 4.46 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (up 4.22 per cent) and Vakrangee (up 4.20 per cent) were among the top gainers in the midcap index.

However, Reliance Communications (down 11.39 per cent), Biocon (down 2.72 per cent), Oberoi Realty (down 2.62 per cent), Muthoot Finance (down 2.28 per cent), IDBI Bank (down 2.12 per cent), Larsen & Toubro Infotech (down 2.09 per cent), Reliance Power (down 2.03 per cent), Shriram City Union Finance (down 1.96 per cent), Godrej Industries (down 1.95 per cent) and Torrent Power (down 1.77 per cent) were among the top losers.

Among the 51 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra & Mahindra, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's, Asian Paints and Hindustan unilever were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.

On the other hand, Coal India, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, HDFC, Tata Steel, Adani Ports, Larsen & Toubro and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers.