Weakness in Infosys, L&T and Hindalco cap index gains.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 27,403 and 8,248 respectively.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
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The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
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ITC, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC Bank among the major losers.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
Market breadth was weak with 1,260 advances and 1,597 losers on the BSE.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
Sensex falls at close; metals, banks perform well.
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Senior Executive Director & Co Head (Strategy) of Kotak Institutional Equities Sanjiv Prasad tells Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com that even if there are a number of challenges facing the Indian equity markets, there are certain sectors that offer a ray of hope.
Sensex closed the day 416 points higher.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 71 points at 26,710 and the 50-share Nifty lost 38 points to close at 8,030.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 61 points at 29,122 mark and the 50-share Nifty slipped by 12 points to close at 8,797.
BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap lost 2.5% and 3.1% after oil prices soared
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