<p>Market benchmark indices began the trade on a positive note on Friday amid a largely firm trend in other Asian equities but later gave up all the initial gains and were trading lower.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 179.28 points to 61,929.88 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 50.7 points to 18,394.60.</p>.<p>However, later both the benchmark indices shed early gains and were quoting lower. The BSE benchmark traded 48.91 points lower at 61,701.69 at 09:47 hours. The Nifty was trading with a decline of 20.25 points at 18,323.65.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, Larsen & Toubro and State Bank of India were among the leaders in early trade.</p>.<p>Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Titan, Tech Mahindra and Bharti Airtel were among the laggards.</p>.<p>Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were trading higher, while Shanghai quoted lower.</p>.<p>Wall Street had ended in the negative territory on Thursday.</p>.<p>"There are no major global or domestic triggers that can move the markets decisively as of now. Therefore, the market is likely to meander around the current levels," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>The BSE benchmark declined 230.12 points or 0.37 per cent to settle at 61,750.60 on Thursday. The Nifty dipped 65.75 points or 0.36 per cent to end at 18,343.90.</p>.<p>International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.71 per cent higher at $90.42 per barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) turned buyers as they bought shares worth Rs 618.37 crore on Thursday, as per exchange data.</p>
<p>Market benchmark indices began the trade on a positive note on Friday amid a largely firm trend in other Asian equities but later gave up all the initial gains and were trading lower.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 179.28 points to 61,929.88 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 50.7 points to 18,394.60.</p>.<p>However, later both the benchmark indices shed early gains and were quoting lower. The BSE benchmark traded 48.91 points lower at 61,701.69 at 09:47 hours. The Nifty was trading with a decline of 20.25 points at 18,323.65.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, Larsen & Toubro and State Bank of India were among the leaders in early trade.</p>.<p>Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Titan, Tech Mahindra and Bharti Airtel were among the laggards.</p>.<p>Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were trading higher, while Shanghai quoted lower.</p>.<p>Wall Street had ended in the negative territory on Thursday.</p>.<p>"There are no major global or domestic triggers that can move the markets decisively as of now. Therefore, the market is likely to meander around the current levels," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>The BSE benchmark declined 230.12 points or 0.37 per cent to settle at 61,750.60 on Thursday. The Nifty dipped 65.75 points or 0.36 per cent to end at 18,343.90.</p>.<p>International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.71 per cent higher at $90.42 per barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) turned buyers as they bought shares worth Rs 618.37 crore on Thursday, as per exchange data.</p>