The last-hour buying helped Indian benchmark indices recover intraday losses, ending marginally lower after a choppy session on October 13, as Nifty 50 closed above 25,200 amid some easing in US-China trade rhetoric, hopes of progress in India-US trade talk as pointed out of PM Modi, and the peace deal between Hamas and Israel.

Earlier, the market opened lower and saw extended selling, dragging Nifty near 25,150, however, last-hour buying helped the index to close comfortably end above 25,200. At close, the Sensex was down 173.77 points or 0.21 percent at 82,327.05, and the Nifty was down 58 points or 0.23 percent at 25,227.35. BSE Midcap index was down 0.2 percent and smallcap indices shed 0.4 percent.