India, Aug. 17 -- Indian equity benchmarks ended marginally higher on August 14, with the Nifty staying above the 24,600 mark. At close, the Sensex gained 57.75 points or 0.07 percent to settle at 80,597.66, while the Nifty rose 11.95 points or 0.05 percent to 24,631.30.

Among the Nifty gainers were Wipro, Eternal, HDFC Life, Infosys, and Asian Paints, while Tata Steel, Adani Ports, Tech Mahindra, Hero MotoCorp, and Bharat Electronics ended in the red.

Sectorally, metals and oil & gas fell one percent each, realty and FMCG declined 0.5 percent each, while consumer durables and IT advanced 0.5 percent each. The BSE Midcap index dipped 0.2 percent and the Smallcap index shed 0.6 percent.

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