Mumbai, January 17: In a cautious two-way movement, the BSE benchmark Sensex ended flat today but managed to snap its two-session falling trend with 22 point gain, as domestic funds bought scrips despite weak global trends.
In a scrip-specific activity, the total market breadth was negative due to sell-off in second line stocks by wary retail investors on concerns over possible hike in key policy rates by RBI at its quarterly policy review meeting slated on January 25.
The Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share barometer continued to veer in and out of positive terrain in a range of 19,018.94 and 18,779.38 before concluding the day at 18,882.25, a mere rise of 21.81 points or 0.12 per cent.
IT as well as some of the financial stocks helped the Sensex end the day on a positive note.
Sensex-based software bellwethers TCS, Infosys Tech and Wipro ended up by 2.
–Agencies