Closing Bell: Nifty, Sensex end flat amid volatility; IT shares gain
The Indian markets ended the last trading session of the week flat amid volatility as the benchmark indices traded in the narrow range throughout the day on Friday.
The Indian markets ended the last trading session of the week flat amid volatility as the benchmark indices traded in the narrow range throughout the day on Friday. The indices closed negative on Friday after five consecutive positive openings.
Headline indices Nifty and the Sensex recovered in the last hour as the former held on to 18, 200, while the latter ended near 61, 200.
The two indices closed at 18,255.75 and 61,223.03 respectively on the last trading session of this week.
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Tata Consumers, TCS, Infosys, Larsen & Toubro, IOC, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Ultratech cement, Kotak Bank, HCL Tech, NTPC and Bajaj Finance gained in a sluggish day.
Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Hindustan Unilever, ONGC, UPL, Mahindra and Mahindra, HDFC Limited and Wipro were the top laggards.
Nifty small cap traded higher by over 0.70%, while Nifty Bank declined more than 0.30 per cent. Except for Nifty IT, Consumer Durables and Realty, all sectoral indices closed flat to negative on Friday.
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