NEW DELHI: Midcaps were underperforming benchmark Sensex during the first half of Friday's session.

Around 10:40 am, the BSE Midcap index was 0.29 per cent down at 15,721, while the BSE Sensex was 0.11 per cent down at 35,392. The NSE Nifty50 was 0.19 per cent down at 10,721.

Ajanta Pharma (down 3.02 per cent), Shriram City Union Finance (down 2.33 per cent), JSW Energy (down 2.22 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (down 1.87 per cent) and IDFC Bank (down 1.65 per cent) were among the top losers in the midcap index.

On the other hand, Vakrangee (up 5 per cent), IDBI Bank (up 3.71 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 2.15 per cent), Future Retail (up 1.62 per cent) and Tata Power Company (up 1.41 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Equity benchmarks were in the negative territory, tracking weakness in global stocks.

In the Sensex kitty of stocks, 11 stocks were in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Mahindra & Mahindra, ITC and Bharti Infratel were leading among the Sensex gainers.

Reliance Industries, Wipro and IndusInd Bank were among the top losers in the Sensex index.