The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session near flat amid firm global cues.

The 30-share BSE index Sensex was up 21.31 points or 0.1 per cent at 21,101.03 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was up 10.25 points or 0.16 per cent at 6,284.50.

Barring IT and TECk, all other BSE sectoral indices ended in the green. Among them, realty, metal, capital goods and power indices were the star-performers and were up 3.16 per cent, 1.52 per cent, 1.3 per cent and 0.93 per cent, respectively.

On the other hand, IT index was down 0.98 per cent, followed by TECk 0.83 per cent.

Hindalco, BHEL, Hero MotoCorp, ONGC and Tata Steel were the top five Sensex gainers, while the top five losers were Infosys, Tata Power, HDFC, TCS and HUL.

European stocks rose for a fourth day after the International Monetary Fund said that it is raising its outlook for the world’s largest economy Asian shares were also up.

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