Uncertainty surrounding the India-US trade deal and the US Federal Reserve’s upcoming monetary policy decision kept investors cautious on Wednesday, limiting market gains. As a result, Indian stock markets opened on a flat note with a slight positive bias today.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 81376.09 up by 38.14 points or by 0.05 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24867.45 up by 46.35 points or by 0.19 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 81618.96 and intraday low of 81313.25 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24892.05 and intraday low of 24813.9

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3649.70,+4.42%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2428.00,+1.10%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 337.95,+1.05%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1934.75,+0.87%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12293.35,+0.62%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 668.25,-3.49%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 302.20,-1.39%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 406.10,-0.60%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2440.40,-0.54%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1480.15,-0.41%), among others.

CDS index was at 59834.06 up by 34.42 points or by 0.06%. Blue Star Ltd. (Rs. 1756.00,+0.63%),.

Oil&Gas index was at 27016.23 down by -197.33 points or by -0.73%. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 417.55,-1.88%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 202.55,-1.70%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 180.50,-1.39%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 331.30,-1.06%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 290.65,-0.77%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3245 , shares advanced were 1807 while 1271 shares declined and 167 were unchanged.