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The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session flat on Monday amid firm European cues.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 18.24 points (0.1 per cent) at 19,182.26 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 7.5 points (0.13 per cent) at 5,685.40.
Among BSE sectoral indices, capital goods, power, consumer durables and healthcare indices fell the most and were down 3.58 per cent, 1.02 per cent, 0.72 per cent and 0.48 per cent, respectively.
On the other hand, metal, banking, IT and PSU sector stocks found investors' support and were up 2.67 per cent, 0.97 per cent, 0.9 per cent and 0.61 per cent, respectively.
Among 30-share Sensex, Jindal Steel, Sterlite, NTPC, Coal India and Hero MotoCorp were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were BHEL, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, L&T and Bajaj Auto.
In the opening trade, the Sensex gained 41.67 points or 0.22 per cent to 19,205.69 led by consumer durables, auto and IT sector stocks. Similarly, the Nifty rose 9.9 points or 0.17 per cent to 5,687.80.
European shares rose for a sixth day as services output shrank at a slower pace than initially estimated last month.
Stoxx 50 was up 6.7 points or 0.24 per cent at 2,817.70, FTSE 100 was up 13.31 points or 0.2 per cent at 6,661.18 and DAX rose 15.16 points or 0.18 per cent to 8,422.10.
Most Asian stocks were down as Japanese shares drove the regional index to its first retreat in three days after US jobs data missed estimates.
Nikkei shed 208.12 points or 1.44 per cent to trade at 14,258, Hang Seng was up 38.44 points or 0.17 per cent at 22,229.40 and S&P/ASX 200 was down 5.51 points or 0.11 per cent at 5,111.25.
The Labor Department had on Friday said the United States added 1,62,000 jobs in July, well below the 1,75,000 expected on average by analysts. The unemployment rate had fallen to 7.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent in June.
China’s official non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for July came in at 54.1 in July, from 53.9 in the previous month.
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