The benchmark indices settle with mild gains after erasing most of its early gains on Thursday. The markets saw profit booking at higher levels as the benchmarks hit eight-month high on November 12.
Overseas, Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Thursday despite Wall Street's overnight rally.
Meanwhile, Gold prices were sharply lower on Thursday as the U.S. dollar index climbed to a 19-month high on expectations of further tightening by the Federal Reserve.
On the corporate front, Godrej Industries share price jumped 9.7 per cent to the day’s high of ₹1,062.90 per share on the National Stock Exchange.
While Hindustan Aeronautics share price declined 4.29 per cent to ₹4,736.60 per share on the National Stock Exchange. Aurobindo Pharma share price declined 2.3 per cent to ₹1,785.40 per share. Shares of Bharat Dynamic declined 6.6 per cent to ₹1,026.50 per share.
The 30-share benchmark index closed trading at 81911.01 up by 31.61 points or by 0.04 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25299.35 up by 44.3 points or by 0.18 %.
The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 82325.61 and intraday low of 81576.15 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 25384.8 and intraday low of 25142.95.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1110.70,+3.32%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1085.00,+2.34%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 407.50,+2.26%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1879.40,+1.32%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1588.30,+1.17%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1961.10,-2.92%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12961.00,-1.65%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 258.80,-1.65%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2428.50,-1.64%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3408.70,-1.38%), among others.
BSE Realty index was at 7299.24 up by 333.61 points or by 4.79%. Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1197.85,+10.10%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 2298.50,+6.22%), Anant Raj Ltd. (Rs. 484.90,+5.70%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1880.00,+4.91%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1225.00,+4.70%),.
BSE Oil&Gas index was at 26677.83 down by -221.81 points or by -0.82%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 224.75,-4.36%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 390.50,-2.13%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 311.00,-1.43%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 146.00,-1.35%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 143.40,-1.21%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4924 , shares advanced were 2614 while 2056 shares declined and 254 were unchanged.