ITC, Dr Reddy's Labs, HDFC, Sun Pharma and ONGC are top gainers while Asian Paints, Tata Motors, HUL, Wipro and Hero MotoCorp are losers in the Sensex.
The market is still struggling under selling presurre on September Futures and options (F&O) expiry day. The Sensex is down 109.27 points or 0.4 percent at 27727.24 and the Nifty is down 46.50 points or 0.5 percent at 8568.75. About 912 shares have advanced, 1340 shares declined, and 174 shares are unchanged.
Continuing its winning run, gold prices rose by another Rs 32 to Rs 29,866 per 10 gram in futures trade today amid a firm global trend.
Meanwhile, gold edged higher 0.03 per cent to USD 1,267.10 an ounce in Singapore.
