Indian Stock Markets were trading flat at 10.40 am IST. NSE Nifty touched an intraday high and low of 3062 and 3021. BSE Sensex touched a high of 9991 during early trades but slipped to 9863 due to selling pressure in many index stocks.
On first trading day of year 2009, the volumes were lower. Market turnover was lowest since April, 2007.
Among major gainers were SBI, ABB, DLF, HCL Tech, HDFC, Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, GAIL, SAIL, PNB, ITC and ICICI Bank.
Among losers were Satyam, Maruti Suzuki, Wipro, Ranbaxy Labs, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, ACC, Sterlite, ONGC, M&M, Tata Power and Grasim.