Stock Market LIVE Updates: GIFT Nifty hints a firm opening; US markets flat, Asia rises

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Market on Wednesday | Market ends flat amid choppy session

In a volatile trading session on February 11, Indian benchmark indices ended largely unchanged, as gains in auto, pharma, and PSU Bank stocks offset weakness in IT shares.

At close, the Sensex was down 40.28 points or 0.05 percent at 84,233.64, and the Nifty was up 18.70 points or 0.07 percent at 25,953.85.

Nifty midcap and smallcap indices ended flat.

On the sectoral front Auto index jumped 1.3%, PSU Bank and pharma rose 1% each, consumer durables index up 0.5%, while IT index shed 1.7%.

Eicher Motors, Apollo Hospitals, Max Healthcare, SBI, Maruti Suzuki were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Coal India, TCS, HCL Technologies, Eternal, Infosys.