Sensex, Nifty End Lower; Yes Bank, State Bank Of India Top Losers: Highlights
The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes ended lower on Thursday led by declines in banking and IT heavyweights like Infosys, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and IndusInd Bank. However, losses were capped as Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and HCL Technologies saw buying interest. For most part of the day, the benchmarks traded in rangebound fashion and switched directions at least eight times before closing with minor losses. The Sensex moved in a range of 486 points while the Nifty touched high of 11,680 and low of 11,535. Assembly election results from Haryana and Maharashtra showed that Bharatiya Janata Party retaining power in Maharashtra while Haryana was seen going for a hung house where Dushyant Chautala's JJP could emerge as a possible kingmaker.