Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS): The key Indian equity indices that opened in green on Friday slipped into red territory in the afternoon as technology stocks fell sharply.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 45.82 points or 0.17 per cent lower in the afternoon session.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 12.75 points or 0.15 per cent lower at 8,261.05 points.

The Sensex of the BSE, which opened at 26,929.69 points, was trading at 26,832.42 points (at 1.24 p.m.), 45.82 points or 0.17 per cent lower from the previous day's close at 26,878.24 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 27,009.61 points and a low of 26,822.52 points in the trade so far.

Good buying was observed in banking sector, while selling pressure was seen in information technology (IT), technology, media and entertainment (TECK) and realty sectors.

The S&P BSE IT index plunged by 2.32 per cent, TECK index dropped by 1.82 per cent and realty index slipped by 0.52 per cent.