The rupee has appreciated today as most Asian currencies including the Indonesian ruppiah, Malaysian ringgit and Korean won on risk-on sentiment.

The market looks stable with marginal gains. The Sensex is up 50.23 points at 20900.97, and the Nifty is up 14.50 points at 6203.50. About 1006 shares have advanced, 687 shares declined, and 109 shares are unchanged.

Hindalco , Maruti are up 3 percent each while other major gainers in the Sensex are Maruti Suzuki, Jindal Steel , GAIL and L&T. Top losers in the Sensex are TCS , Coal India , BHEL , Sesa Sterlite and Tata Steel .

The rupee has appreciated today as most Asian currencies including the Indonesian ruppiah, Malaysian ringgit and Korean won on risk-on sentiment.

Meanwhile, the benchmark 10-year bond yield fell 2 basis points to 9 percent as the government unexpectedly decided to issue a new 10-year paper this week.