However, the broader markets gave off their morning gains and turned flat with a positive bias. The midcap index was up 0.2% while the smallcap index was near yesterday's close.

Realty index down 1.4% along with Oil and Gas, Metal and Bankex indices dipped 0.3-0.5%.

Among the ones in green, Consumer Durables gained 1.5% along with Health Care and Capital Goods indices up 0.5-0.6%.

Shares of capital goods companies gained after the production of capital goods increased 11.6% in September, against a decline of 6.6% a year ago and 9.7% in August this year, as per the Industrial Production data which was released yesterday.

Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), ABB India, Thermax, Alstom T&D India, Alstom India and Siemens were up 1-3% on the BSE.

The other gainers among Sensex-30 were Cipla, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Wipro, Maruti, L&T and Tata Steel up 0.5-2%.

Among the ones in red were Dr Reddys, Bharti Airtel, HDFC, M&M, SBI and Tata Power down 0.5-1.2%.

The market breadth was negative on BSE owing to weakness in broader markets. 1,195 stocks declined while 1,132 stocks advanced.