NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 22.86 points up at 39,153.90 on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters. Shares of Rane Eng Valve (down 13.06 per cent), DCB Bank (down 12.08 per cent), Innovative Tech (down 12.02 per cent), Rasi Electrodes (down 11.43 per cent), Visa Steel Ltd (down 10.83 per cent), National Oxygen (down 10.64 per cent), Ansal Buildwell (down 9.89 per cent), Trejhara Solutions (down 9.54 per cent), Ocean Agro Industries (down 9.23 per cent), SPML Infra (down 8.97 per cent) and Strides Pharma (down 6.96 per cent) were among the worst performers. In the Nifty pack, 26 stocks were trading in the green, while 23 stocks were in the red.

The Nifty index was trading 9.35 points up at 11,671.95.