LIVE market updates: The Indian markets traded with meagre gains in noon deals of Friday’s rangebound session.The S&P BSE Sensex was up 100 points at 51,630, and the broader Nifty50 index topped 15,200. ITC fell 3 per cent after announcing its December quarter results and was the top Sensex laggard. On the other hand, IT stocks, including Infosys, HCL Tech, and Tech Mahindra ticked up 1 per cent, each.
The trend among Nifty sectoral indices was mixed, with the Nifty Private Bank index, up 1 per cent, leading the gainers.
In the broader markets, the S&P BSE MidCap index fell 0.3 per cent while the SmallCap index rose 0.2 per cent.