Share Market Update: Sensex, Nifty End Flat In A Lackluster Trade; Oil & Gas, IT Stocks Save The Day

BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty ended Tuesday's session on a marginally higher note with key stocks showing mixed trends on alternative buying and selling by traders.

Fifteen of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended higher led by the S&P BSE Oil & Gas Index. (File Photo/ Getty)

Share Market Update: Continuing its upward trend for the second consecutive day, domestic benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty ended Tuesday's session on a marginally higher note with key stocks showing mixed trends on alternative buying and selling by traders. According to reports, BSE Sensex advanced by 130 points and the NSE Nifty added nearly 45 points on Tuesday, led by gains in oil and gas, IT and financial stocks. After a highly volatile session, the 30-share index settled 129.98 points, or 0.33 per cent, higher at 39,816.48. The index hit an intra-day high of 39,838.49 and a low of 39,499.19. The broader NSE Nifty too rose 44.70 points, or 0.38 per cent, to finish at 11,910.30. During the day, the index touched a high of 11,917.45 and a low of 11,814.70. Even in the broader market, S&P BSE Mid-Cap ended 56 points, or 0.38 per cent higher at 14,945 levels while the S&P BSE Small-Cap gained 0.52 points to settle at 14,283 levels. Top gainers in the Sensex pack included ONGC, HDFC, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Maruti, HCL Tech, Mahindra and Mahindra, HUL, TechM and SBI - rising up to 2.89 per cent. Yes Bank, on the other hand, was the biggest loser on the index, falling 7.60 per cent, after reports that a borrower defaulted on scheduled interest payments on a Rs 1,200-crore loan to the private lender. Shares of Tata Motors dropped by 3 per cent to Rs. 163.35 after its sales in domestic market fell 14 per cent to 49,073 units in June. Fifteen of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended higher led by the S&P BSE Oil & Gas Index's 1.1 per cent gain. Other losers included Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Auto, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank and Hero MotoCorp -- shedding up to 2.47 per cent. Sectorally, stocks of IT, Metal, FMCG, Financial Services and Auto registered nearly 1 per cent gain, while Realty, Pharma, Banks and Media indices have lost up to 1.47 per cent on the back of selling pressure. On the currency front, the Indian rupee depreciated by 6 paise to 69.01 against the US dollar intra-day. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, slipped 0.22 per cent to USD 64.92 per barrel.