The Indian benchmark indices ended on a flat note in a highly volatile session on December 10. At close, the Sensex was up 1.59 points at 81,510.05, while the Nifty was down 8.95 points or 0.04 percent at 24,610.05.


After a flat to positive start, the market traded in positive territory in the first half. However, profit booking in the second half dragged the Nifty into red. But final-hour buying, especially in the IT, Realty names, erased all the losses to end with little change.

Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, Adani Enterprises, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and HDFC Life were among the top losers on the Sensex, while gainers were Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Wipro and Shriram Finance.

The broader indices outperformed the main indices, with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices up 0.3 percent each.

On the sectoral front, power, telecom, media were down 0.5-1 percent, while IT, metal, PSU Bank and realty rose 0.4-1 percent.

More than 280 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including, Nippon Life India Asset Management, ITI, LTIMindtree, EID Parry, MphasiS, Lloyds Metals, BLS International, Persistent Systems, Piramal Enterprises, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Coforge, Indian Hotels, Max Healthcare, L&T, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, among others.