* Market watch: Equities lacklustre; SCS, Maruti major losers

Benchmarks were witnessing a choppy session on Monday due to lack of any fresh triggers.

At 2:45 pm, Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 14,012.11, down 30.21 points or 0.22 per cent. It touched an intra-day high of 14,221.04 and low of 13,917.48.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 4222.15, down 23.10 points or 0.54 per cent. The 50-share index touched a high of 4303.25 and low of 4202.40.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.12 per cent at 5235.06 while BSE Smallcap Index was flat at 6215.77.

Satyam Computer Services (-4.90%), Jaiprakash Associates (-3.14%), Maruti Suzuki (-2.92%), Larsen & Toubro (-2.31%) and Hindalco (-2.17%) were the major Sensex loser.

Tata Steel (3.42%), ACC (3.12%), ITC (2.17%), HINDustan UNIlever (1.67%) were the major Sensex gainers.

Market breadth was turning negative on the BSE with 1263 losers against 1271 gainers.

European markets turned positive led by rise in commodities scrips. FTSE was up 0.15 per cent, DAX gained 0.2 per cent and CAC 40 moved 0.7 per cent higher.