Nifty choppy

Equity benchmarks gained further amid a choppy trade - the Nifty was inching towards the 5600 level - supported majorly by power, capital goods, metal, technology, cement and telecom companies' shares. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) stocks too were on buyers' radar at 10:35 hours.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading at 18,602, up 98 points and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 27 points to 5,587. The broader indices were outperforming benchmarks - the BSE Midcap Index was up 0.8% and Smallcap up 1%.