Mkts end flat : Reliance, DLF, Bharti Gainers

It was a lacklustre session of trade for the benchmark indices. Some amount of short covering was seen, after two days of big fall. Indian equities, therefore, did not see any big fall like seen by global markets.

Volumes were higher than previous day; total turnover stood at Rs 51,710.74 crore. This includes Rs 7,738.26 crore from NSE cash segment, Rs 41,094.83 crore from NSE F&O and the balance Rs 2,877.65 crore from BSE cash segment.

BSE Sensex closed at 9,015.18 points, down 19.82 points or 0.22%, after swinging 191.61 points between an intraday high of 9,113.92 and low of 8,922.31. However, the 50-share NSE Nifty swung nearly 70 points between a high of 2806.50 and low of 2736.65, before closing at 2776.15, up 0.20% or 5.65 points.