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The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session on Thursday marginally in the red amid firm European cues.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 28.51 points (0.15 per cent) at 19,317.19 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 14.15 points (0.25 per cent) at 5,727.85.
Except banking, all other BSE sectoral indices ended in the red.
Among them, realty, PSU, oil & gas and metal indices fell the most and were down 3.98 per cent, 2.76 per cent, 2.6 per cent and 1.84 per cent, respectively. On the other hand, banking index was up 1.2 per cent.
Among 30-share Sensex, HDFC Bank, HUL, HDFC, GAIL and Jindal Steel were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were BHEL, M&M, Coal India, ONGC and Hindalco.
The euro fell from a six-week high against the dollar amid speculation European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will reassure investors that policy makers will keep interest rates low after a meeting today.
Stoxx 50 was up 19.49 points or 0.7 per cent at 2,787.64, FTSE 100 rose 23.12 points or 0.35 per cent to 6,644.18 and DAX jumped 95.38 points or 1.15 per cent to 8,371.35.
Asian stocks were up as a gauge of China’s manufacturing beat estimates and the Federal Reserve maintained its $85-billion-a month bond-buying programme at the existing levels.
Nikkei surged 337.45 points or 2.47 per cent to 14,005.80, Hang Seng jumped 159.84 points or 0.73 per cent to 22,043.50 and S&P/ASX 200 was up 9.51 points or 0.19 per cent at 5,061.49.
Investors were also buoyed by the US manufacturing data released yesterday which showed that the country's gross domestic product grew 1.7 per cent in April-June, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected by analysts.
China's official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of manufacturing activity rose to 50.3 last month from 50.1 in June, raising hopes of recovery in the world's second largest economy.
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