Mumbai, July 28 -- The Indian benchmark indices closed a shade lower on Tuesday following a range-bound session amid easing crude oil prices and strong buying across technology stocks.

Sensex settled at 76,765.92, down 69.86 points or 0.09 per cent, while Nifty ended at 23,985.35, down 10.60 points or 0.04 per cent.

The market witnessed mixed sectoral performance with IT leading the gains on strong buying in technology stocks. Majority of broad market indices ended the day's session lower; Nifty IT surged 3.38 per cent followed by Nifty Realty and Midsmall IT & Telecom, surging over 2 per cent. Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG and Bank emerged as top drags, slipping over a per cent.

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