Equity benchmark indices climbed in early trade on Thursday but later gave up all the gains.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 118.2 points to 67,020.11 in early trade. The Nifty went up by 39.55 points to 20,136.15.
Later, both the benchmark indices gave up all the early gains and were trading lower.
At 10:15 am, Sensex was trading 199.80 points lower at 66,702.11, whereas Nifty was trading 48.35 points dowm at 20,048.25.
Among the Sensex firms, UltraTech Cement, Mahindra & Mahindra, Axis Bank, Wipro, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Larsen & Toubro were the major gainers.
Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors and NTPC were among the laggards.
