The Sensex is up 26.49 points or 0.1 percent at 26541.73, and the Nifty up 4.05 points at 8174.85. About 453 shares have advanced, 250 shares declined, and 34 shares are unchanged.
The market has opened on tepid note as investors await outcome of two-day Federal Reserve's meeting that starts today. The Fed is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in 2016 at a two-day meeting, with markets pricing in a nearly 100 percent chance of a quarter percentage point increase to the Fed's target range of 0.25 to 0.50 percent.
