Market on Tuesday | Sensex, Nifty end marginally lower amid monthly F&O expiry; IT drags, PSU Banks gain
In yet another volatile session on December 30 (Nifty F&O expiry day), the equity indices ended marginally lower as investors remained cautious ahead of release of Fed’s December minutes report, FII selling with thin year-end volumes.
At close, the Sensex was down 20.46 points or 0.02 percent at 84,675.08, and the Nifty was down 3.25 points or 0.01 percent at 25,938.85. BSE Midcap and smallcap indices ended marginally lower.
Shriram Finance, Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries, M&M, Bajaj Auto were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Max Healthcare, Eternal, Apollo Hospitals, Interglobe Aviation, Tata Consumer.
On the sectoral front, auto index rose 1 percent, metal index added 2 percent, PSU Bank gained nearly 2 percent, however, IT, realty, consumer durables, healthcare, defence down 0.5-1%.
Among sectors, except media, all other indices ended lower with auto, IT, pharma, realty, power down between 0.4-0.9 percent.