While markets opened flat, as of noon, S&P BSE – 500 declined by 0.2 per cent. 

Linde India Limited gained more than 8 per cent 

Linde India Limited, a subsidiary of BOC Group, UK, is primarily engaged in the manufacture of industrial and medical gases and the construction of cryogenic and non-cryogenic air separation plants. The share price of the company has jumped 8.55 per cent in the first half of today's trading session. Linde India Limited has entered into a 15-year agreement with ESL Steel Limited, a Vedanta group company recently, for the supply of 800 MT per day of oxygen and 900 MT per day nitrogen. The company has given 119.49 per cent returns in the last one year. 

Shares of Quess Corp Ltd, Brightcom Group Ltd, and Elgi Equipments have rallied in today’s trading session. 

While markets opened flat, as of noon, BSE - 500 was 0.16 per cent up.  

Quess Corp Ltd gained more than 7 per cent 

Quess Corp is engaged in the business of providing services in workforce management, operating asset management and tech services. The company has rallied more than 7 per cent in the first half of today's trading session. The share price of the company was in a downtrend. The share price has tumbled by 20.38 per cent from the last one month.