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MUMBAI: Equities were witnessing a choppy session as traders were squaring positions ahead of August series F&O expiry. IT, realty and power stocks were the top performing sectors.

National Stock Exchange's Nifty was at 4684.50, up 25.15 points or 0.54%. The broader index touched a high of 4697.80 and low of 4659.10.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 15779.47, up 91 points or 0.58%. The index touched an intra-day high of 15831.49 and low of 15695.94.

BSE Midcap Index was up 1.13% and BSE Smallcap Index gained 1.97%.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE IT Index moved up 3.49%, BSE Realty Index gained 1.53% and BSE Power Index moved 0.67% higher.

TCS (4.27%), Infosys Technologies (4.14%), Wipro (3.52%), Sterlite Industries (3.44%) and Suzlon (2.77%) were amongst the top Nifty gainers.

Losers included GAIL (-2.20%), Ranbaxy Laboratories (-1.72%), Hindustan Unilever (-1.69%), HDFC Bank (-1.46%) and Jindal Steel (-1.35%).

Market breadth was positive on the Nifty with 30 advances and 20 declines.

European markets were subdued as gains in financials were offset by commodities. FTSE 100 was down 0.08%, CAC 40 slipped 0.08% and DAX declined 0.19%.