Sensex closed 34.09 points or 0.05% higher at 72,152, and the Nifty shut shop 1.10 points or 0.01% up at 21,930. About 1,927 shares advanced, 1,329 declined, and 75 remained unchanged.
In terms of sectors, Media, Realty, PSE, Energy and Auto gained the most.
The domestic market declined in line with the Asian stocks over concerns of rising cases of Delta variant of Covid-19 and its impact on the global economy.
The top gainers on the Sensex were UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, and Bajaj Finance, while the only losers were ICICI Bank, Titan Company, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and ITC.
The Indian stock market rose in line with the Asian indices. Healthy buying was witnessed in metal, finance and banking stocks.
HDFC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging over 5 per cent, followed by M&M, L&T, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank and Sun Pharma.
The relief package announcements appeared falling short of meeting market expectations on any demand side reforms.
Among the Sensex pack, Axis Bank was the top gainer, surging around 7 per cent, followed by Ultratech Cement, L&T, ICICI Bank, SBI, M&M and Bajaj Finance.
Other gainers on the BSE chart included PowerGrid, ONGC and Reliance Industries were among the major gainers.
1. Bharti Airtel and Sun Pharma were the gainers in the BSE index. 2. HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Infy and RIL lead the market losers.
