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Indian markets ended the session on Wednesday marginally in the green led by oil & gas and realty stocks amid weak global cues.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 22.44 points (0.11 per cent) at 19,568.22 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 4.4 points (0.07 per cent) at 5,923.85.
On the BSE, oil & gas and realty indices led the Sensex uptrend with oil & gas index up 1.77 per cent and realty 1.35 per cent, followed by metal 0.4 per cent and PSU 0.33 per cent.
On the other hand, IT, TECk, FMCG and consumer durables indices were the major losers with IT index down 0.76 per cent, TECk 0.59 per cent, FMCG 0.5 per cent and consumer durables 0.45 per cent.
Among 30-share Sensex, RIL, ONGC, Hindalco and Maruti were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were Wipro, Infosys, HDFC, ITC and Bharti Airtel.
European stocks were down following a decline in US equities overnight, as investors weighed the comments by Federal Reserve policy makers on when to scale back the central bank’s bond-buying programme.
Stoxx 50 was down 18.86 points or 0.68 per cent at 2,736.84, FTSE 100 fell 68.24 points or 1.04 per cent to 6,490.34 and DAX shed 45.82 points or 0.55 per cent to 8,250.14.
Asian stocks dropped, led by Japanese equities after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined his economic growth strategy.
In the Asian trade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged 518.89 points or 3.83 per cent to 13,014.87 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped 279.66 points or 1.25 per cent to 22,005.86.
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