New Delhi, July 5 -- The Indian market has recently traded with a mild positive bias, though the trend is largely within a narrow range of within 1 to 2% of the last 9 trading days. The Nifty50 has been hovering near its one-month average of 23,800, however could close on a positive note above 24,000 at 24,271 this week. Among large caps, IT and Metals stocks have remained the key laggard but IT showed signs of a gradual recovery this week. Short covering, value buying and AI based business deal by Indian IT firms reversed the late selling. The broader market has witnessed some profit booking in the microcap-to-midcap categories after their healthy performance over the last three months. Over this period, microcaps gained around 30%, foll...