Indian benchmark indices ended lower for the second consecutive session on October 31 amid selling seen in the metal, IT and media names. However, buying in PSU Banks helped to limit the losses.

Amid mixed global cues, the domestic indices opened flat but failed to hold on to the initial recovery and ended near day's low.

At close, the Sensex was down 465.75 points or 0.55 percent at 83,938.71, and the Nifty was down 155.75 points or 0.60 percent at 25,722.10. BSE Midcap index slipped 0.5% and Smallcap indices down 0.4%.

For the week, the BSE Sensex and Nifty shed 0.3 percent and 0.6 percent respectively, however, for the month of October, both the indices added nearly 4.5 percent each.

Bharat Electonics, Eicher Motors, Shriram Finance, L&T, TCS were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Cipla, Eternal, Max Healthcare, NTPC, Interglobe Aviation.

Among sectors, PSU Bank index rose 1.5%, while power, metal, media shed 1% each and IT, private bank, healthcare index down 0.5% each.


In stock-specific action, Lodha Developers share price rose 2% as Q2 profit jumped 86%, Bandhan Bank share price slipped 8% after Q2 net profit plunges 88%, TD Power Systems share price rose 10% post Q2 profit rise of 45%, United Spirits share price added 2.5% as Q2 profit up 36%, Swiggy share price declined 2% as Q2 losses widen.

Fineotex Chemical rose 20% as shares trade ex-bonus & split, MTAR Technologies shares up nearly 3% on winning international order worth Rs 263.54 crore, Dr Lal PathLabs shares added 1.5% after Q2 net profit jumps 17%, Shriram Finance share price rose 2% on better Q2 earnings, Vedanta shares slipped 2.5% after Q2 profit dipped 38%.

More than 170 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Navin Fluorine, Chennai Petro, IDBI Bank, IDFC First Bank, Canara Bank, PNB, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, HPCL, RBL Bank, Indian Bank, SBI, eClerx Services, BPCL, SBI Life Insurance, IIFL Finance, Cummins India, Laurus Labs, Polycab India, among others.