MUMBAI: The Indian benchmark indices traded in the green zone early on Wednesday on the final day of the trading year.
As of 9.30 am, Sensex advanced 167 points, or 0.20 per cent to 84, 872 and Nifty gained 67 points, or 0.26 per cent to 26, 005.
Main broad-cap indices performed in line with benchmark indices, with the Nifty Midcap 100 adding 0.55 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gaining 0.58 per cent.
Among sectoral gainers, the Nifty Metal was the top gainer up 1.33 per cent, followed by Nifty Chemicals adding 1.09 per cent and Nifty PSU Bank gaining 0.79 per cent.