Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed largely unchanged in a highly volatile trade on Tuesday amid profit-taking in IT and blue-chip banking shares, elevated crude oil prices and caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy decision.
The 30-share BSE Sensex slipped 8.08 points, or 0.01 per cent, to close at 73,598.67, with 17 constituents higher, 12 lower and one unchanged.
The 50-share NSE Nifty skidded 3.45 points, or 0.02 per cent, to end at 22,749.75.
From the 30 Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were among the major laggards.
Bharti Airtel, Trent, Maruti and Power Grid were among the winners.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.03 per cent to $115.8 per barrel. FIIs offloaded equities worth Rs 1,462.49 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.
The BSE SmallCap Select index jumped 2.59 per cent, while MidCap Select index was up 0.88 per cent.
Among BSE sectoral indices, Top 10 Banks declined 0.99 per cent, Private Banks index 0.78 per cent, Bankex 0.70 per cent, Focused IT 0.22 per cent and IT 0.22 per cent.
Healthcare jumped 2.28 per cent, Telecom 2.15 per cent, Utilities 1.89 per cent, Hospitals 1.84 per cent, Power 1.82 per cent, Realty 1.64 per cent and Auto 1.62 per cent.
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