India, Oct. 9 -- India's stock market was muted in early trade today, as losses in financial stocks offset gains in IT stocks ahead of TCS' Q2 results.

At 10:33 am on Thursday (9 October 2025), the 30-share S&P BSE Sensex was trading 0.13% higher at 81,875.91 points while the broader Nifty 50 was little changed at 25,096.20 points.

Seven of the 16 major sectors were trading higher. The broader mid-caps and small-caps advanced 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively.

Nifty Bank fell for the second straight session of profit-booking following a recent rally triggered by the Reserve Bank of India's lending reforms and pre-earnings updates from banks.

The Nifty IT index rose 0.4%, led by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. which was trading 0.2% higher ah...