Equity benchmarks remained higher amid consolidation in noon as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of Union Budget that scheduled to be announced on February 1.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 58.86 points at 27093.36 and the 50-share NSE Nifty gained 28.40 points at 8377.75.
The market breadth remained positive as about 1509 shares advanced against 913 declining shares on the BSE.
Hero Motocorp, Deepak Fertilisers, JSW Steel, United Spirits, Force Motors, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank and Infosys were most active shares on exchanges.
Hindalco was top gainer among Nifty stocks, up 3 percent followed by ITC, Tata Motors, ONGC, SBI, Lupin and GAIL.
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