Stock Market erased some of the previous session gains to end lower. Selling was seen in the IT, metal, oil & gas and FMCG names, while buying in realty, PSU bank, media restricted further fall.
The BSE Sensex closed 218.14 points higher to 81,224.75 on October 18 while NSE Nifty rose 104.20 points to 24,854.05.
GIFT Nifty, which stands as a new benchmark to the growth story of Indian equity market, saw open interest of 399,188 contracts worth $20.84 billion (about Rs 1,74,275 crore), said the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Shares of Bajaj Housing Finance made a strong debut on stock markets on Monday.
Indian equity indices closed flat on Tuesday amid mixed global signals and the absence of significant new catalysts.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan symbolically rang the NSE bell to list the IMC's green bond on the stock exchange.
Sensex traded at 60,392.31 points or 131.13 points or 0.22 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 17,975.90 points, up 19.30 points or 0.11 per cent.
There had been a fourth consecutive hike of 75 basis points magnitude before the most recent increase of 50 basis points.
BSE Sensex increased by 43 points to 60,396.65, and the NSE Nifty 50 increased by 14 points to 18,012.95
BSE Sensex fell 174 points to 61,119.75, while the NSE Nifty50 fell 56 points to 18,175.75.
