Stock Market Special Session Highlights: Sensex, Nifty end flat; Small, MidCap indices gain up to 1% | News on Markets

Closing Bell, Saturday, May 18: Indian stock markets ended the second special session on a flattish note on Saturday. The S&P BSE Sensex was at 74,005, up 88 points or 0.12 per cent, while the Nifty50 was at 22,502, up 35 points.

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap, and the BSE SmallCap indices outperformed the benchmarks ending 0.48 per cent and 0.77 per cent higher, respectively.

Sectorally, all the indices ended in green led by the Nifty Media, Nifty Realty, Nifty Pharma and Nifty Metal.

Nestle India, Powergrid, Tata Motors, L&T, HCLTech, HUL, IndusInd Bank, TCS and SBI were the top gainers on S&P BSE Sensex. While JSW Steel, Ultratech Cement, Maruti and M&M ended in losses. 

The National Stock Exchange (NSE), and the BSE conducted  a special, two-part session on Saturday, to evaluate their disaster preparedness in the event of major disruptions.

Trading volume, however, remained thin as price bands were lowered to 5 per cent for most stocks. Besides, global markets are also shut today.