NEWS UPDATE:
Chinaâs Shanghai Composite has lost 0.5%. China's official June manufacturing purchasing managers' index will be announced on Friday, 1 July 2016. On the same day, Markit Economics will announce Caixin China General Manufacturing PMI for June 2016.
Asia markets are trading mixed with Japanâs Nikkei down 0.3% and Hong Kongâs Hang Seng slipping 1% after Britain shocked the world in a historic referendum vote where it decided to exit the European Union.
IT exporters extended losses on concerns over demand uncertainty from Europe and volatility in the British pound post the Brexit. Wipro eased 1% while Infosys was down 0.7% and TCS which has a substantial exposure to UK was down 0.3%.
Larsen & Toubro extended gains and was trading higher after the company said its construction division has won orders worth Rs 2,416 crore.
Reliance Industries was up 0.5%. The owner of the world's biggest refining complex, imported 13.2% less oil in May compared with a year earlier.
FMCG majors ITC and Hindustan Unilever continued to trade firm on expectation that rural volume growth would pick up pace after the MET department said that monsoon rains are likely to retreat later than normal.
Financial shares witnessed short covering with HDFC Bank and HDFC leading the gains along with SBI and Axis Bank.
the S&P BSE Sensex was up 31 points at 26,433 and the Nifty50 was up 13 points at 8,108. In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap index was up 0.4% while the Smallcap index was up 0.6%.