LIVE market updates: The benchmark indices were largely flat in afternoon trade. The BSE Sensex was trading 94 points up at 60,150 levels and the Nifty50 was up just 19 points at 17,870 mark.

On the sectoral front, Nifty Auto was the top sectoral gainer (up 2.60 per cent), followed by Nifty Realty (up 2.49 per cent) and Nifty Media (up 1.47 per cent). Top laggards were Nifty IT (down 2.3 per cent), Nifty Pharma (down 1 per cent) and FMCG (down 0.48 per cent).