The market on Friday closed the range-bound session on a flat note as investors awaited results of assembly elections in five states as well as the industrial output data that will be released later in the day. The Street wiped out all gains in the afternoon as investors turned cautious of the results and ignored the exit polls announced on Thursday.
The Sensex was up 17.10 points or 0.06% at 28946.23, and the Nifty up 7.55 points or 0.08% at 8934.55. The market breadth indicated the trend in favour of decline as 1,164 shares had advanced, 1,638 shares declined, while 173 shares remained unchanged. The Indian Rupee closed higher by 14 paise at 66.58 per Dollar.Maximum sector are closed with negative leads. The BSE Mid-cap closed down 0.3% at 13353 whereas, BSE Small-cap slipped 0.2% at 13588.
Bharti Airtel, Bosch and Larsen & Toubro were the top gainers on both the indices, while Tech Mahindra, BPCL, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto were a drag.
