New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Indian stock market ended on a mixed note after the Closing Auction Session (CAS), with the market breadth remaining firmly positive.

At the time of close, Sensex slipped 20 points, or 0.03 percent, to 74,295, while the Nifty gained 76 points, or 0.33 percent, to 23,346.

Among the sectors, Metals, media, realty, infrastructure and energy gained more than 1 percent, while IT fell 1.03 percent.

Smallcaps jumped 1.77 per cent and midcaps rising 1.23 percent. Nearly 2,531 advanced against 1,452 decline, while India VIX tumbled 7.57 percent.

Governance concerns continue to weigh on sentiment towards Tata Group stocks.

Tata group firms lost up to Rs 40,000 crore in market value as investors reacted to heightened uncert...