Mumbai, Oct 11
Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday following weak cues from the US markets.
At 9.24 a.m., Sensex was down 142 points or 0.17 per cent at 81, 469 and Nifty was down 36 points or 0.12 per cent at 24,960.
Selling was seen in the banking stocks. Nifty Bank was down 204 points or 0.40 per cent at 51,326.
In the Sensex pack, HCL Tech, Wipro, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, Titan, Infosys, JSW Steel, TCS and IndusInd Bank were top gainers.
Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, NTPC, UltraTech Cement, Maruti Suzuki, HUL, Nestle and SBI were top losers.
Midcap and smallcap index were trading in the green. Nifty midcap 100 index was up 79 points or 0.13 per cent at 58,995 and Nifty smallcap was up 39 points or 0.18 per cent at 18,939.
Among the sectoral indices, IT, PSU Bank, pharma, metal, media and commodities were major gainers. Auto, fin service, FMCG, realty and energy were major losers.
Most of the Asian markets were trading in the green. Tokyo, Seoul, Hongkong, Bangkok and Jakarta were major gainers. The US market closed in red on Thursday.