New Delhi: Markets ended marginally lower on Thursday despite firm global cues and a slight recovery in the domestic currency.
Sensex shed 10.08 points to close at 34,431.97. It touched an intra-day high of 34,679.93 points and a low of 34,303.38 points.
The Nifty ended 6.15 points down at 10,380.45. It shuttled between high of 10,441.90 and low of 10,341.90.
Laggards included Coal India falling 1.90 percent, NTPC 1.85 percent, Sun Pharma 1.31 percent, Asian Paint 0.82 percent, ITC Ltd 0.82 percent, Kotak Bank 0.82 percent, ICICI Bank 0.48 percent, HDFC 0.44 percent, RIL 0.42 percent, HUL 0.40 percent and HDFC Bank 0.03 percent.
Yes Bank Ltd Was The Top Gainer In The Sensex Pack, Closing Higher By 8.35 Percent, Followed By Axis Bank, Indusind bank, LT, SBI, Power grid, Maruti, Heromoto corp, Vedanta, Tata steel, ONGC and Bajaj Auto.
However, capital goods index gained the most by rising 2.34 percent, realty (2.27 percent), metal (1.29 percent), infrastructure (1.227 percent), consumer durables (1.03 percent) and bankex (0.89 percent), PSU (0.85 percent), power (0.80percent), oil & gas (0.70 percent) and auto (0.05 percent).
Healthcare, FMCG, TECK, and IT stock lost 0.64 percent, 0.65 percent, 1.60 percent and 1.78 percent respectively.
