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Sensex, Nifty End Volatile Session On A Flat Note: Highlights

Market updates: Losses in financial stocks offset gains in IT, energy and pharma shares
Market updates: Losses in financial stocks offset gains in IT, energy and pharma shares

After two days of rally following the government's decision to cut corporate taxes, domestic stock markets ended a volatile session on Tuesday nearly unchanged amid mild gains in Asian peers on renewed hopes about US-China trade talks. The S&P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 216.34  points to 39,306.37 during the session, and declined 393.31 points from that level to hit 38,913.06 on the downside at the day's weakest mark. The broader NSE Nifty benchmark moved in a range of 115.85 points, between 11,655.05 and 11,539.20 at the day's strongest and weakest levels respectively. Losses in banking and financial services stocks offset sharp gains in information technology, energy and pharma shares. 

Here are highlights of the movement in domestic share markets (Sensex and Nifty) on September 24: