Mumbai, July 30 - A key index of the Indian equities markets pulled back into the green Thursday after starting in the red. The recovery was helped by other Asian bourses which also moved into positive terrain.

At 12.10 p.m., the 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened lower at 15,169.23 points, was at 15,275.45 points -- 102.94 points or 0.68 percent higher than Tuesday's closing figure.

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too was trading in the green at 4,538.65 points, up 0.56 percent.

Broader market indices also moved into the positive with the BSE midcap index trading 0.41 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index moving up 0.75 percent.

Of the 13 sectoral indices on the BSE, those for IT, technology and realty stocks were gaining the most, while capital goods and healthcare scrips came under selling pressure.

The market breadth was tilted towards the positive on the BSE, with 1,361 stocks rising compared to 1,000 declining.