Indian market:Â Sensex ends weak at 41,558; 17.14 pts down
Mumbai/UNI: The BSE Sensex on Monday fell marginally by 17.14 points to settle at 41,558 on profit booking by local operators at higher level.
While, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 14.80 points to 12,260.60.
The Nifty registered days high and low at 12,286.45 and 12,213.80 points respectively.
The Sensex opened higher by 111 points to 41,686.27. It advanced by 139 points to 41,714.73, day high. Later, it dropped nearly 122 points to 41,453.38 day low and settled negative only at 41,558, easing by 17.14 points from its last close.
The sectoral indices like Finance, IT, Bankex, Telecom and Oil and Gas pushed the market down however, buying in Metal, Auto, Telecom and Materials capped from further losses, broker informed.
In scrips, ICICI Bank, SBI, TCS, HInd Unilever and Asian Paints dropped while buying was seen in NestleIndia, Hero MotoCorp, M & M and Bharti Airtel that capped from further decline, broker informed.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.29 per cent and the BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.75 per cent.
The market breadth was positive. On BSE, 1449 shares advanced while 1121 shares declined. A total of 197 shares were unchanged. In Nifty 50 index, 33 stocks advanced and 7 stocks declined.
European markets continued to trade lower while Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Monday as investors locked profits after strong gains last week.
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