Mumbai, Sep 9 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets crawled up into the green Wednesday after opening weak. It was ruling a marginal 27 points in the positive terrain about 10 minutes into trade.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened lower at 16,111.09 points, rose to 16,150.83 points, 27.16 points or 0.17 percent higher than its previous close, about 10 minutes into trade.

It had closed Tuesday at 16,123.67 points.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader S&P CNX Nifty was ruling at 4,809.9 points, against the previous close at 4,805.25 points, a gain of 0.1 percent.

Broader market indices were also in the green, with the BSE midcap index up 0.32 percent and the BSE small cap index ruling 0.69 percent higher.