Oil and gas stocks were higher, with the S&P BSE Oil & Gas index up 23.64 points, or 0.12%, in early trade.
The S&P BSE Oil&Gas index, Adani Total Gas Ltd rise 1.04%, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd goes up 0.56%, and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd goes up 0.78%.
Also following is the loser Gujarat Gas Ltd, down 1.39%. Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd went down 0.28%, and Indraprastha Gas Ltd fell 0.61%.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 99.26 or 0.16% in the morning trade.
The Nifty50 fell 29.25 points or 0.16%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 37.28 points or 0.13%.
The S&P BSE 150 midcap index lost 10.28 points or 0.11%.
On the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE),1335 shares were traded high, 1601 were traded low, and 167 remained the same.