Markets continued to hold ground in the previous two hours of trade amidst alternate bouts of buying and selling pressures.

Markets continued to hold ground in the previous two hours of trade amidst alternate bouts of buying and selling pressures. Currently select software and banking stocks are trading weak. The index heavyweights from auto and power sectors are leading the pack of gainers. The advance to decline ratio is poised at 2.4 to 1 on the BSE.