Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on Monday.
Falling for the third day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex went lower by 161.3 points to 65,998.90 in early trade. The NSE Nifty declined 48.45 points to 19,597.60.
However, later both the benchmark indices were trading flat bouncing back from the initial decline.
At 10:24 am, Sensex was trading 82.62 points higher at 66,242.82, whereas Nifty was trading 26.10 points up at 19,672.15.
From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Hindustan Unilever and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major laggards.
Track Live Share Market Chart and live Forex rates chart at ChiniMandi.
