Sensex ends up lower on volatile trading

In the afternoon, the benchmark indices were trading higher, led by gains in capital goods, banking and auto stocks. Sensex was up 649 points to 57,714 and Nifty was trading 188 points higher at 17,171. IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank and Tech Mahindra were among the top Sensex gainers, rising to 5.40% in afternoon trade.

Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharma, and Titan were the top Sensex losers, falling to 1.81%.

21 of the Sensex shares were trading higher.

BSE mid-cap and small-cap indices rose 101 points and 10 points, respectively.

Capital goods, banking and auto stocks led the gains on the sectoral front. BSE's capital goods index rose by 225 points to 27,118, BSE bankex gained 563 points to 41,342 and the BSE auto index rose 306 points to 24,295.

The market's breadth was positive with 1,832 shares trading higher against 1,295 stocks in the red. There were 142 shares that were unchanged.

The equity market ended up falling in volatile trade on Tuesday, led by losses in banking, metal and auto shares. Sensex closed 195 points lower at 57,064 and Nifty lost 70 points to end at 16,983. Tata Steel was the top Sensex loser, losing 3.87 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Bajaj Auto, M&M, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank, and Maruti.

Domestic institutional investors DIIs bought shares worth Rs 5,350 crore as per the provisional data available on the NSE, and foreign institutional investors FIIs sold shares worth Rs 5,445 crore on November 30, and domestic institutional investors DIIs bought shares worth Rs 5,350 crore.

Australia's S&P ASX 200 was trading 20 points lower at 7,235. Nikkei was up 113 points to 27,935 and Shanghai Composite was trading flat at 3,576. The Hang Seng index moved 258 points to 23,734.

The S&P 500 ended up 88 points lower at 4,567, the Nasdaq lost 245 points to 15,537 and the Dow Jones fell 652 points to 34,483 on Wall Street.