Sensex, Nifty Erase Gains; Auto, Energy Shares Among Top Losers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The S-P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 Indexes erased opening gains and were trading lower owing to weakness in auto and energy shares like
Bajaj Auto, Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Reliance Industries, ONGC, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Tata Motors
However, losses were capped as HDFC, HDFC Bank, ITC and Tata Consultancy Services were witnessing buying interest
The benchmarks opened higher with the Sensex rising over 100 points and Nifty 50 Index advancing above important psychological level of
11,750.As of 10:33 am, the Sensex traded 40 points or 0.1 per cent lower at 39,155 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index 0.1 per cent or 11 points to
11,712.Ten of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE were trading lower led by the S-P BSE Oil - Gas Index's 1.5 per cent decline.Energy and Auto
sector gauges also declined 1.2 and 0.8 per cent each respectively.On the other hand, S-P BSE Telecom Index was top gainer, up 0.3 per
cent.Mid- and small-cap shares were trading on a muted note as the S-P BSE MidCap Index fell 0.3 per cent while S-P BSE SmallCap Index was
little changed.Bajaj Auto was top loser in the Nifty 50 basket of shares, the stock fell 2.14 per cent to Rs 2,813
Hero MotoCorp, Eicher Motors, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, ONGC, Reliance Industries and Tech Mahindra were also among the losers.On the
flipside, UPL, Yes Bank, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, Mahindra - Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, UltraTech Cement and Indiabulls Housing Finance
were among the gainers.