New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) The Indian Stock markets ended lower in a volatile session today, with the BSE Sensex falling by 244.98 points or 0.29 per cent to 83,382.71 and the NSE Nifty declining by 66.70 points or 0.26 pc to 25,665.60.
The Mid-cap and Small-cap segments also outperformed as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap indices closed the day 0.16 pc and 0.25 pc higher, respectively.
Among the sectors, those recorded gains were Nifty Metal up by 2.70 pc and PSU Bank up by 2.13 pc. Most of the other sectoral indices ended lower.
Nifty IT was down 1.08 pc, Realty, Auto and FMCG declined by over half a pc each.
Further, the Nifty Bank ended flat, but the Financial Services index eased by 0.31 pc.
Top gainers on Nifty were Tata Steel (3.71 pc), NTPC (3.28 pc), and Axis Bank (2.93 pc) while Asian Paints (2.40 pc), TCS (2.15 pc), and Tata Consumer (1.72 pc) ended as the top losers.
Out of 4,344 stocks traded on the BSE, 2,017 advanced,,while 2,150 declined and some 177 stocks remained unchanged.
Over 150 stocks hit 52-week low. Some of the notable ones on lows were Poly Medicure, Tube Investment, Cohance Life, Godrej Properties, Whirlpool of India, Dixon Technologies, Bata India, IRCTC, Happiest Minds, ITC, Brainbees Solutions.
In terms of the realty stocks, Prestige Estates shares fell around 2 pc, Macrotech Developers (Lodha), Brigade Enterprises and Phoenix Mills shares fell over 1 pc, Anant Raj and Godrej Properties shares fell around 1 pc.
Tata Elxsi emerged as the top laggard among Nifty 500 stocks, falling 5.3 pc to Rs 5,485 apiece. Polycab India slipped another 3 pc to settle at Rs 7,323 apiece.
Market will remain shut on Thursday, January 15, on account of municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra.
