Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 traded in positive territory on Friday as investors awaited the outcome of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy meeting.

Market participants remained cautious ahead of the policy decision, with expectations largely centered on the RBI maintaining the repo rate at 5.25%.

At 10:25 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 74648.49 up by 288.48 points or by 0.39 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23468.5 up by 51.95 points or by 0.22 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 74717.57 and intraday low of 74433.69 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23516.35 and intraday low of 23423.85

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 908.90,+4.01%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1732.10,+1.30%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1267.70,+1.22%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1811.20,+1.16%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2692.00,+1.14%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 207.90,-1.26%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2811.95,-0.89%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1161.10,-0.63%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1300.30,-0.30%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 13021.40,-0.28%), among others.

Realty index was at 6043.08 up by 82.08 points or by 1.38%. Embassy Developments Ltd. (Rs. 60.79,+3.40%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1391.50,+2.55%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1766.70,+2.27%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 897.00,+1.72%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1652.00,+1.28%),.

Metal index was at 43750.48 down by -171.41 points or by -0.39%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 404.95,-2.17%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 474.10,-1.59%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 207.90,-1.26%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 596.20,-1.25%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 93.69,-1.07%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3922 , shares advanced were 2391 while 1315 shares declined and 216 were unchanged.