The broader NSE Nifty too dived by 101.65 points, or 0.97 per cent, to close at 10,350.15.
Mixed global cues and decline in crude oil prices further dent the sentiments.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
The NSE Nifty, which dipped below the key 10,800-mark to touch a low of 10,755.40, bounced back on late buying to close at 10,817.70, up 9.65 points, or 0.09 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Markets snapped their 8-day winning streak.
'2018 has seen a bi-polar market.' 'Thanks to gains in some key stocks, market returns are positive. But there has been huge wealth destruction in the small and mid-cap space.'
'Nehru once told JRD, "I hate the mention of the very word profit".' '"Jawaharlal, I am talking about the need of the public sector making a profit!" JRD replied.' 'Nehru reiterated, "Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word".' A fascinating excerpt from Shashank Shah's The Tata Group: From Torchbearers To Trailblazers.
Businesses have been reluctant to talk about contingency plans for Brexit
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market was strong
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Among the Sensex losers, Yes Bank tumbled 5.46 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance 5.40, ICICI Bank 3.82 per cent, IndusInd Bank 3.10 per cent and HeromotoCorp 2.55 per cent.
'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I have worked on,' recalls the late President, one of the earliest pioneers at ISRO.
The decline was led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries along with ITC and HDFC.
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
The NSE Nifty settled the day 93.20 points or 0.88 per cent lower at 10,452.30 after shuttling between 10,612.90 and 10,434.05.
Construction major L&T was the biggest gainer among the Sensex components, spurting 2.30 per cent, after the company said its board has approved a Rs 9,000-crore share buyback plan.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
IT majors weakened ahead of the September US jobs data and telecom stocks ended lower
The breadth, indicating strength of the market was strong
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
Asked if Ganguly would be cornered at the meeting, he laughed and cited an example.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
In the broader market, BSE midcap and BSE smallcap indices underperformed the larger counterparts and ended flat with a negative bias.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
SEZs account for just about a third of India's merchandise exports (and roughly the same proportion of services exports). Yet, the notion of creating global manufacturing centres of the kind that propelled China to superpowerdom retains a durable appeal within the Indian policy-making establishment, notes Kanika Datta.
Markets ended higher for the second straight session mainly on the back of upbeat corporate earnings.
Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own wealth by $80 billion and the tycoon slipping to No.30 on the world billionaire index. Adani's sprawling conglomerate, which spans from sea ports to airports, edible oil and commodities, energy, cement and data centres, is under attack by US short-seller Hindenburg Research, which successfully deflated electric-vehicle maker Nikola Motors in 2020. Hindenburg, which held short positions in unidentified shares of Adani Group firms through its US-traded debt and offshore derivatives, on January 24 accused the conglomerate of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" and using a number of offshore shell companies to inflate stock prices.
The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 53.30 points or 0.61 per cent to 8,778.
Sanand has catapulted into the big league of automobile industry hubs.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Gains were led by Tata Motors amid robust sales in June along with select financials.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
Two in every five Celerios being sold by Maruti are now equipped with the AMT technology.
Govt depts, banks prone to information leakage.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 366 points at 27,275 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 132 points at 8,235.
