The markets succumbed to profit booking and slipped into negative terrain amid volatile trading. Sensex ended down 11 points at 13861 and Nifty closed down 5 points at 3983. The BSE Midcap closed down 3 points at 5938 and Smallcap ended up 44 points at 7194.

About 1572 shares have advanced, 1008 shares declined, and 41 shares are unchanged.

The Oil & Gas sector closed up 84 points at 6341. GAIL, HPCL, ONGC were major gainers. Bankex ended up 64 points at 7159. ICICI Bank, Andhra and Canara Bank hold the ground. Consumer Durables index was up 24 points at 3703 level. Blue Star is leading gainer.

Among the losers, Auto index closed down 87 points at 5593. Maruti, ahindra & Mahindra and Sundaram were leading losers. Capital goods ended down 75 points at 9164. Crompton Greaves, Thermax, SKF India are major losers.

FMCG index ended down 12 points at 1874. ITC, Colgate and Dabur lost most. IT index was down 26 points at 5343. Mphasis, Hexaware and Patni lost ground most.

The turnover in NSE cash market was Rs 8758.77 crore and in BSE cash market Rs 4524.21 crore. In the F&O space, turnover was Rs 25256.23 crore.

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