Indices continue to trade on a positive note during Friday's session. At around 10.29 am, Sensex was trading at 39,858.13 above 108.28 points or 0.27%, while Nifty was performing at 11,716.05 higher by 45.25 points or 0.39%.
On a sectoral basis, BSE Oil & Gas witnessed outperformance surging by nearly 2%, followed by BSE Metal (+1.48%), BSE Power (+1.32%), BSE Realty (+2.04%) and BSE Industrials (+1%).
BSE Midcap and SmallCap indexes advanced by nearly 1% each.
Gaining stocks were -
NTPC (+2.26%), Nestle India (+1.95%), Ultratech Cement (+1,63%), ITC (+1.59%) and
ONGC (+1.55%).
Underperforming stocks were -
Maruti Suzuki (-1.61%),
Bajaj Finance (-1.45%), Bharti Airtel (-0.72%), Power Grid (-0.70%) and Titan (-0.70%).
Major corporate results continue to sway investors sentiment. RIL, IndusInd Bank, Indian Oil and DLF are some of the major corporate results awaited today.