The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
The market has remained in a mixed state of mind, has come off its intra-day high and has finally ended the day in negative territory.
India is the third worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US and Brazil in terms of cases and deaths.
The broader NSE Nifty, on the other hand, ended 2.70 points, or 0.02 per cent, lower at 11,555.90 in its third straight day of losses.
Banks, FMCG, IT, Metal, Healthcare, Capital Goods, Consumer Durables, PSU, Oil & Realty have ended negative in varying degrees while Auto has ended in positive territory
