At open, the BSE Sensex was up 0.02 percent, or 7 points, to 28,070 while the Nifty rose 0.02 percent, or 3 points, or 8,405.
Tech Mahindra rose 0.5 percent, after announcing the acquisition of Lightbridge Communications for USD 240 million. Shares such as Geometric and MindTree slumped 6.8 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, after they ran up over the past few days on speculation by traders they would be Tech Mahindra's takeover candidates.
Kotak Mahindra Bank was up 7 percent after it announced a merger with smaller peer ING Vysya Bank in an all share-deal that valued the latter at USD 2.5 billion. ING shares were up 1.6 percent.
The spot rupee started the day on positive note, with a gain of 6 paise at 61.89 against the US dollar.Yesterday, the Indian currency ended almost unchanged at 61.95 - up one paise against the US dollar.
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