NEW DELHI: The midcap and smallcap indices were outperforming benchmark Sensex in afternoon trade on Friday.Around 2:20 pm, the BSE Midcap index was 0.17 per cent up at 16,852, while the BSE Smallcap index was 0.32 per cent up at 17,154.
The BSE Sensex was 0.08 per cent down at 38,658.
Petronet LNG (up 2.96 per cent), Biocon (up 2.84 per cent), JSW Energy (up 2.77 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 2.67 per cent) and Container Corporation of India (up 2.63 per cent) were among the top gainers in the midcap index.On the other hand, Tamilnadu Petroproducts (up 10.16 per cent), Jaiprakash Power Ventures (up 9.95 per cent), Grauer Weil (India) (up 8.76 per cent), Welspun India (up 8.73 per cent) and Coffee Day Enterprises (up 8.37 per cent) were among the top gainers in the smallcap index.
Market sentiment was subdued ahead of June quarter GDP numbers.
In the Sensex index, 18 stocks were in the green and 13 were in the red.Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, PowerGrid and Wipro were among the top Sensex gainers.