ONGC, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and Larsen & Toubro were up over 1 per cent each.

The company has sold these apartments in less than last two weeks after launching total 2,000 apartments at project Sunteck MaxXWorld.

Among the sectoral indices on BSE, the IT, TECk, Realty and Metal index were up.

Majority of stocks in the Sensex pack were trading higher with Tech Mahindra gaining most.

As many as 17 stocks in the Sensex pack were trading in the red in early trade.

Sensex settled 5.67 points down at 39,586 while Nifty closed 6 points down at 11,841.

BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap slipped 1.13 per cent and 0.94 per cent, respectively.

The market appeared to have shrugged off worries tension between India and Pakistan.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were trading flat in opening deals.

Infosys was leading among gainers and climbed over a per cent.

The broader Nifty50 rose for the first time in four sessions as it ended 59.95 pts higher.

The realty index was trading 2.04 per cent up at 275 around 01:55 pm.

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On BSE, consumer durables led the sectoral gainers.

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Profit-booking in recent outperformers, disappointing earnings from some bluechips and mixed global cues also weighed on the sentiment.

The benchmark BSE index provisionally closed 0.37 per cent lower at 28,458.10 points, falling 0.8 per cent in the week.