The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex ended the session flat on Thursday with a loss of over 20 points due to selling pressure in capital goods, auto, metal and consumer durables stocks amid mixed Asian cues.
At 3.30 p.m., the Sensex was down 27.66 points at 19,988.14 and the Nifty was down 5.2 points at 5,979.20.
Volume toppers during the session were Tata Steel, SBI, ICICI Bank, RIL and Infosys. Major Sensex losers were L&T, TCS, Tata Steel, BHEL, Hindalco Industries, Tata Motors and BHEL. RIL, NTPC and Infosys were the major gainers.
Among the sectoral indices, consumer durables was down 1.01%, metal 0.95%, capital goods 0.84% and auto 0.83%. Healthcare was up 0.8%, IT 0.31%, teck 0.18% and bank 0.08%. Of the total 2,988 stocks traded, 1,376 advanced, 1,505 declined and 107 remained unchanged.
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