The benchmark equity indices continue to trade in a narrow range on Monday. In the noon trade, the Nifty is trading down 0.1 per cent 11,492 while the Sensex is unchanged at 38,822.
Among the sectoral indices, barring IT index which has gained 1.9 per cent, all other indices are trading down.
The Nifty Midcap index was down 0.8 per cent, Smallcap index down 0.6 per cent. Nifty Auto, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Metal are down 1.3 per cent each respectively. Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Pharma indices are down 1 per cent each.
HCL Technologies remains the top Nifty gainer, gaining up to 3.7 per cent while Tata Motors was the laggard trading down 3.1 per cent.
Among the NSE trade, 1,167 stocks trade in red while 596 stocks were trading with gains.