NEW DELHI: The BSE Smallcap index was outpacing benchmark Sensex during morning trade on Thursday.

Around 10:35 hours, the BSE Smallcap index was 0.31 per cent up at 18,184, while the BSE Sensex was 0.16 per cent down at 34,129. The NSE Nifty50 was 0.11 per cent down at 10,481.

Shares of IIFL Holdings (up 7.16 per cent), Apcotex Industries (up 6.83 per cent), Venky's (India) (up 5.98 per cent), Future Lifestyle Fashions (up 5.39 per cent), Firstsource Solutions (up 5.25 per cent), Ramky Infrastructure (up 5.24 per cent), Ashoka Buildcon (up 5.08 per cent), Bharat Bijlee (up 4.57 per cent), Shree Pushkar Chemicals & Fertilisers (up 4.56 per cent), Graphite India (up 4.21 per cent), Ducon Infratechnologies (up 4.15 per cent) and Kitex Garments (up 4.12 per cent) were among the top gainers in the BSE Smallcap index.


On the contrary, Gujarat NRE Coke (down 6.73 per cent), Future Enterprises (down 5.21 per cent), Ricoh India (down 4.99 per cent), Gitanjali Gems (down 4.92 per cent), Lanco Infratech (down 4.72 per cent), Electrosteel Steels (down 4.40 per cent), Stampede Capital (down 4.24 per cent), Rollatainers (down 4.19 per cent), Gammon India (down 4.15 per cent), Gujarat NRE Coke (down 4.12 per cent), Housing Development & Infrastructure (down 2.91 per cent), Dish TV India (down 2.85 per cent) were among the top losers in the index around the same time.

Equity benchmarks were a little lower, in the wake of the fiscal deficit data which reached at 113.7 per cent of the full year's target.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.

Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.