Market on Thursday | Sensex, Nifty flat ahead of Bihar election outcome
The Indian equity market ended on a muted note in the highly volatile session on November 13 ahead release of US CPI data and Bihar election outcome tomorrow morning.
At close, the Sensex was up 12.16 points or 0.01 percent at 84,478.67, and the Nifty was up 3.35 points or 0.01 percent at 25,879.15.
Broader indices underperformed the main indices with BSE Midcap and smallcap indices shedding 0.3 percent each.
Nifty Bank index touched fresh 52-week high of 58,615.95, but ended marginally higher at 58,381.95.
Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, L&T, Interglobe Aviation, Hindalco were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Eternal, Shriram Finance, Adani Ports, Bharat Electronics and M&M.
Among sectors, IT, media, PSU bank shed 0.5% each, while metal, pharma, realty rose 0.5% each.