Sensex opens on a flat note

The Sensex and the Nifty opened the session flat on buying by funds and retail investors in select stocks amid mixed Asian cues.

At 9.15 a.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 23.47 points (0.12 per cent) at 20,020.92 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 9.7 points (0.16 per cent) at 5,922.85.

Asia’s benchmark stock index swung between gains and losses after Japanese machinery orders increased less than expected and as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week.

Japan's Nikkei fell 42.15 points or 0.29 per cent to 14,382.90, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 73.33 points or 0.32 per cent to 23,010.50 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 12.91 points or 0.25 per cent at 5,247.30.