The Indian markets ended flat on Wednesday. The Sensex and the Nifty traded in the red through the day on the back of selling in selective blue-chip stocks.
Analysts stated that the market is expected to remain volatile ahead of the derivatives expiry tomorrow.
Healthcare and consumer durables indices supported the Sensex and healthcare index was up the most and was up by 1.82 per cent. Real estate, metals and banking indices dragged down the benchmark index with losses of over 2 per cent.
The BSE Sensex ended down 13.18 points or 0.07 per cent at 20,147.64 and the NSE Nifty ended at 6,104.30, down 6.95 points or 0.11 per cent.
On the NSE, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, HeroMotoCorp, Coal India and Lupin were the top gainers while JP Associates, Ranbaxy, Grasim, Tata Steel and Jindal Steel were the top losers.