At 10:56am (IST), the BSE Sensex was at 17,185, down 71 points over the previous close. It had earlier touched a day’s high of 17,246 and day's low of 17,178. It opened at 17,245.

The NSE Nifty was quoting at 5,218 down 22 point sover the previous close. It had earlier touched a day’s high of 5,236 and a day’s low of 5214. It had opened at 5233..

TCS, NTPC,Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Jindal Steel, are among gainers in Sensex and Nifty.

RIL, Infosys, Tata Power, Coal India, HDFC Bank, L&T, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto are among losers in Sensex and Nifty.

The BSE Small-Cap index and BSE Mid-Cap index were trading flat.

FMCG, IT, Teck and Capital Goods indices are the gainers.

Realty, Auto, Consumer Durables,, Power,  Bankex,Oil and Gas, HC indices are the losers.

Key Results Today: 3i Infotech, Cummins India, Glenmark Pharma, Hotel Leelaventure, Madras Cements, Oracle Financial Services Software, Satyam Computer Services, Ramco Industries, Shasun Pharma, TamilNadu  Petroproducts
 
Trend in FII flows: FIIs put in over Rs 100bn into the Indian equity markets in July - the highest monthly inflows in five months. FIIs were net buyers of Rs.4.41bn in the cash segment on Wednesday while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net sellers of Rs.1.72bn, as per the provisional figures released by the NSE.
 
Global Data Watch today: Australia Retail Sales (Jun), Australia Trade Balance (Jun), UK Halifax House Prices (Jul), UK PMI Construction (Jul), EU Producer Price Index (Jun), Spanish 10-year Obligaciones Auction, Spanish 2-year Bond Auction, UK BoE Interest Rate Decision, UK BoE Asset Purchase Facility (Aug), EU ECB Interest Rate Decision, EU ECB President Draghi’s Speech, US Initial Jobless Claims (Jul 28), US Continuing Jobless Claims (Jul 21), US ISM New York Index (Jul), US Factory Orders (Jun), Australia AiG Performance of Services Index (Jul)