India, March 26 -- The stock market opened flat, with the broader market in the red as the trading session began on Wednesday, March 26.

At 9.15am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was up by 19.85 points or 0.03 per cent, reaching 78,037.04. The broader NSE Nifty opened just 1.20 points up or 0.01 per cent in the green, reaching 23,669.85.

Among the 30 Sensex stocks, Power Grid Corporation of India rose the most upon opening by 1.27 per cent, trading at Rs.294.85. This was followed by Bajaj Finserv, which was up 0.90 percent, trading at Rs.1,963.55, and IndusInd Bank, which was up by 0.69 percent, trading at Rs.641.70.

Fourteen of the Sensex stocks were in the red.

Among the Nifty sectoral indices, the Nifty Financial Services Ex-Bank Index r...