Among the components of the S&P BSE IT Sector index, Tata Elxsi Ltd (down 4.45%), Ramco Systems Ltd (down 2.83%),NELCO Ltd (down 2.71%),Aurionpro Solutions Ltd (down 2.55%),Onward Technologies Ltd (down 1.44%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Persistent Systems Ltd (down 1.15%), Cyient Ltd (down 1.02%), Tech Mahindra Ltd (down 0.88%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (down 0.73%), and Accelya Solutions India Ltd (down 0.63%).

On the other hand, Moschip Technologies Ltd (up 7.16%), Tanla Platforms Ltd (up 6.08%), and 3i Infotech Ltd (up 5.26%) moved up.

At 13:41 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 255.58 or 0.35% at 73994.03.

The Nifty 50 index was up 77.65 points or 0.35% at 22445.65.

The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 457.62 points or 0.98% at 46949.83.

The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 117.39 points or 0.85% at 13903.82.

On BSE,2405 shares were trading in green, 1326 were trading in red and 135 were unchanged.