The markets were trading strong and stable today. All the key BSE indices were trading in green led by capital goods, metal and oil & gas index.

At 10.20 am, the Sensex is up 200 points or 1.02% at 19790.78, and the Nifty up 64.40 points or 1.10% at 5911.70. About 2008 shares have advanced, 962 shares declined, and 92 shares are unchanged.

Market breadth was inclined towards the advancing stocks with over 830 stocks on the advancing sede and about 247 stocks on the downside. Rupee was quoting at 39.31 against a US dollar.

Top gainers on the Sensex are Hindalco at Rs 188 2.40%, Larsen & Toubro at Rs 4,383 up 2.23%, ONGC at Rs 1,327.50 up 2.19%.

Top losers on the Sensex are Satyam at Rs 463.10 down 0.18%.

Top gainers on the Nifty are Sterlite Inds at Rs 1,018 up 2.78%, ONGC at Rs 1,333 up 2.63% and Reliance Energy at Rs 1,858.35 up 2.25%.

Top losers on the Nifty are GlaxoSmithKline at Rs 1,036.25 down 0.91% and Tata Motors at Rs 740.05 down0.01%.

Most active shares on NSE are Reliance Natura at Rs 194.30 with 33,301,153 shares, Reliance Petro at Rs 271.05 with 8,684,029 shares and Reliance Energy at Rs 1,858.35 with 608,445 shares.

Mkts open on firm note; power, cap good stocks up

The markets opened on firm note today with very impressive market breadth. Broad based buying was witnessed in the early trade today led by capital goods, metal and power stocks.

At 9:56 am, Nifty was up 86 points at 5933 and Sensex was up 230 points at 19821. Major gainers in the early trade were Rel Petroleum, Rel Comm, RNRL, Bharti, NTPC, Sterlite, L&T, ACC and Reliance.

Market breadth on NSE was in favour of advancing stocks with over 340 stocks on the advancing side and around 75 stocks on the downside.

Asian markets trading mixed. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.52% or 85.01 points at 16,353.93, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted was up 0.16% or 15.27 points at 9,323.87, South Korea's Seoul Composite rose 0.70% or 14.16 points at 2,029.92, However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged 1.24% or 358.24 points at 28,584.08 and Singapore's Straits Times was flat at 3,671.68.

US markets: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 51.70 points, or 0.38%, at 13,543.40. Broader stock indicators also fell. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 7.48 points, or 0.50%, to 1,502.17, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 15.20 points, or 0.54%, to 2,795.18.