Market Ends Lower After Another Volatile Session

Benchmark indices ended marginally lower after yet another volatile session on Tuesday.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 18 FEBRUARY

Sensex fell by 29.47 points or 0.04 per cent to 75,967.39 while the Nifty 50 lower by 14.20 points or 0.06 per cent at 22,945.30. BSE Midcap index ended down 0.2 per cent, rising sharply from early lows, and smallcap index ended 1.7 per cent lower.

Nifty 50 rebounded by 137 points during the day, and registered a slight drop of 0.06 per cent at close while the Sensex recovered 491 points from its intraday low and ended with a modest gain of 0.04 per cent. The top gainers in the Nifty included NTPC (2.93 per cent), Tech Mahindra (2.41 per cent), Wipro (2.24 per cent), Power Grid Corporation of India (1.42 per cent), and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.26 per cent).