Sensex, Nifty end flat, BSE's Mcap crosses Rs 450 lakh crore

Sensex and Nifty recovered from the day's lows to end the session flat due to gains in Reliance, SBI even as HDFC Bank was the biggest spoiler for the day. The market capitalization of BSE-listed companies also crossed Rs 450 lakh crore mark.

Sensex ended with minor declines at 79,996.60 down 0.07%.
Nifty closed with 0.09% gains at 24,323.85.

Top gainers & losers
While the markets ended flat, 34 stocks in Nifty closed with positive bias while rest 16 in the red, indicating a shift towards the bulls as far as the market breadth is concerned. The top gainers at the closing time were ONGC, Reliance Industries (RIL), State Bank of India (SBI), Britannia Industries and Cipla while the top losers were HDFC Bank, Titan, LTIMindtree, Tata Steel and IndusInd Bank.

Nifty Bank also recovered from an 800 points intraday loss to end at 52,660.35.

Sectoral performance:
Out of the 16 sectoral indices, 9 ended in the green with Nifty FMCG, Nifty Pharma and Nifty PSU Bank among top performers settling with gains up to 1.3%. Apart from banks and financial services, select realty and IT stocks also closed with declines.