Indian equities continued to trade in the positive terrain but below 18K mark.

Select heavyweight indexes saw some profit booking while realty, IT and bankex scrips remained leaders in the gainers list.

Selling pressure was being witnessed in consumer durable, oil & gas and healthcare stocks.

At 11.50 a. m., the 30-share-index, which belled the day after gaining 42.43 points at 17,875, remained up by 107.16 points to trade at 17,940.70.

In the meantime, the broad-based Nifty stood at 5,379.10, up 26.65 points.

The top gainers in the list were I C I C I Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys, DLF, HDFC, Sterlite Industries and Tata Consultancy Services.

However, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Infra, RCom and I T C were the top losers in the list.

The Midcap and Smallcap index gained 0.18% and 0.61% respectively.

Among sectoral indices, the realty index surged 45.93 points, the IT index gained 50.17 points, the Bankex index grew by 96.21 points and the Consumer Durables index remained down by 21.61 points.