Indian Market: Sensex ends positive at 40,345.08, up 21.47 pts

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) too moved up by 4.80 points to 11,912.95.

See-saw trend was seen during the day as the Sensex opened on a weak note at 40,316.50, easing by 7 points, it slipped by 173 points to 40,150.97, day low.

In late trade, it erased earlier losses and ended positive at 40,345.08, up by 21.47 points from its last close. It advanced by 94 points to 40,417.44 day high.

The Nifty registered days high and low at 11,932.65 and 11,853.95 points respectively.

The sectoral indices like Finance, Industrials, Telecom, Bankex and Oil pushed the market up while selling in Auto, IT and Metal capped from further gain, broker informed.

In scrips, Yes Bank, Tata Motors DVR, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank increased while Hero MotoCorp, VEDL, TCS, Reliance Industries dropped during the day.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.29 per cent while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.17 per cent. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1251 shares rose and 1292 shares fell. A total of 171 shares were unchanged.

Overseas, most European markets were trading lower amid a dampening of optimism over US-China trade, after US President Donald Trump denied that he had agreed to roll back tariffs on Chinese goods.