The Indian stock market ended largely unchanged in a volatile trading session on Wednesday amid gains in certain key stocks.
At the close, the Sensex was down 40.28 points, or 0.05%, at 84,233.64, while the Nifty rose 18.70 points, or 0.07%, to 25,953.85. The BSE 150 MidCap Index ended 0.02% lower, whereas the BSE 250 SmallCap Index climbed 0.13%.
Among the sectors, the key performers were Nifty Healthcare, up 1.62%; Auto, up 1.30%; PSU Bank, up 1.03%; and Pharma, up 1.01%, while Nifty Bank ended 0.20% higher.
On the Nifty, the top gainers were Eicher Motors, up 6.45%; Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, up 3.98%; and Max Healthcare Institute, up 3.33%.
The top losers were TCS, down 2.53%; Infosys, dowm 1.79%; and Coal India, down 1.67%.
Around 131 stocks hit their 52-week highs, while 75 touched their 52-week lows on the BSE.
Those on the highs included Titan Company, SBI, Bajaj Auto, Eicher Motors, and Samvardhana Motherson International, while Berger Paints India, Hexaware Technologies, Kansai Nerolac Paints, Mastek, and SpiceJet were among the lows.
The Nifty IT index declined up to 1.3%, with Persistent Systems emerging as the top loser, falling by over 2%, while Tata Consultancy Services and Coforge also declined by as much as 2%.
HCL Technologies and Infosys were among other laggards.
Tata Motors shares jumped more than 5 per cent to hit a fresh 52-week high.