Nifty50 index ended the session at 10,020.55, while the 30-share Sensex settled at 32,383.30.
While morning session saw a big surge on bourses, the afternoon session saw a slump on account of fall in shares of bluechip counters such as Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and ITC.
In the Nifty50, Housing Development Finance Corporation (up 5.24 per cent), Yes Bank (4.15 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 2.15 per cent) and Zee Entertainment (up 1.82 per cent) stood as top gainers, while Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 4 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (down 3.09 per cent), Tata Motors (down 2.90 per cent), Bharti Airtel (down 2.86 per cent) and Infosys (down 2.43 per cent) stood as top losers.
Among the sectoral indices on BSE, except bank and capital goods, all other indices ended the day in negative, with BSE Telecom index as the biggest loser. The index settled at 1445.41, down 1.88 per cent.
NSE too closed with all sectoral indices in red barring bank indices.
Shares of JP Associates (number of shares traded: 1.73 crore), Suzlon Energy (1.45 crore), Unitech (0.83 crore), Indiabulls Real Estate (0.73 crore), Sintex (0.39 crore) and South Indian Bank (0.35 crore) emerged as most active stocks in terms of volume on NSE.
Overall, 75 stocks hit their fresh 52-week high while 20 stocks hit their new 52-week low.
In the Nifty50 pack, 18 stocks settled in green, while 33 stocks in red.
On BSE, 880 stocks were advancing whereas 1,846stocks were lagging at the end of today's session.
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