About 2,038 shares have advanced, 1,460 declined and 133 are unchanged on BSE.

About 1,192 shares have advanced, 2,327 declined and 111 are unchanged on BSE.   

About 772 shares have advanced, 2,829 declined and 156 are unchanged on BSE.    

About 1,946 shares have advanced, 1,410 declined and 171 are unchanged on BSE.    

About 1,871 shares have advanced, 1,483 declined and 152 are unchanged. 

On Friday, markets opened in red intensifying their downtrend from Thursday. With markets in bear grip, the unconvinced bulls are looking at important levels of 15,000 Nifty for support. Nifty made an intraday low of 15,183 levels on Friday and is seen trading in a volatile manner. 

On Wednesday, the equity markets traded range-bound and dropped to the day's low level towards the end of the trading session. At the close, Sensex was down by 152.18 points or 0.29 per cent at 52,541.39 while Nifty plunged 39.90 points or 0.25 per cent at the 15,692.20 level. The advance-decline ratio was in favour of advances wherein about 1,730 shares have advanced, 1,484 shares declined, and 143 shares are unchanged. 

The markets are attempting to trade in green in the first half of Wednesday’s trading session. The Asian markets are trading mixed while Dow Futures is trading with gains of over 140 points.