FMCG stocks were the top drags, as the sectoral index slipped 0.56 per cent, followed by the IT index at 0.34 per cent, Oil & Gas at 0.27 per cent, and Nifty Financial Services down at 0.23 per cent.
HDFC Bank, Hindalco, Grasim, Bajaj Finance, Britannia, IndusInd Bank, Eicher Motors, Tata Steel, HDFC Life, ICICI Bank, and Tata Motors were the top losers in morning trade.
By 9.26 am, Sensex was trading 328.89 points, or 0.50 per cent higher at 65,569.57, while Nifty50 was up 108.65 points, or 0.56 per cent to trade at 19,490.30.