The Indian benchmark indices edged up in Friday's early deals, but trimmed gains dragged by the metal, power and oil & gas amid mixed global cues.

At 9:43 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 52228.65 down by -94.68 points or by -0.18 % and then NSE Nifty was at 15711.05 up by 19.65 points or by 0.13 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 52586.41 and intraday low of 52224.94 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15761.5 and intraday low of 15683.95

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 11895.35,+0.65%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1504.25,+0.48%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 667.65,+0.44%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 989.35,+0.30%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 6067.00,+0.28%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 122.00,-2.40%), State Bank of India (Rs. 413.80,-1.52%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 236.55,-1.31%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 6901.45,-0.97%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 798.55,-0.86%), among others.

IT index was at 29302.5 up by 66.16 points or by 0.23%. Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 175.40,+11.97%), HCL Infosystems Ltd. (Rs. 19.04,+4.96%), Majesco Ltd. (Rs. 91.00,+4.96%), 3i Infotech Ltd. (Rs. 10.60,+4.95%), Brightcom Group Ltd. (Rs. 15.40,+4.55%),.

Metal index was at 17989.8 down by -439.71 points or by -2.39%. Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 250.30,-4.17%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 381.65,-3.59%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 124.25,-3.16%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 678.75,-2.53%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1080.95,-2.06%),. The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2750 , shares advanced were 1187 while 1452 shares declined and 111 were unchanged.