<p>The Sensex ended over 51 points lower on Monday while the Nifty settled flat amid a weak trend in global markets and continuous foreign fund outflows.</p>.<p>Markets are awaiting the November inflation data to be announced later in the day, traders said.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 51.10 points or 0.08 per cent to settle at 62,130.57. During the day, it tumbled 505.52 points or 0.81 per cent to 61,676.15.</p>.<p>The broader NSE Nifty ended at 18,497.15, marginally higher by 0.55 points.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Infosys, Titan, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Power Grid, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India and Bajaj Finserv were the major laggards.</p>.<p>Tata Steel, Nestle, Dr Reddy's, UltraTech Cement, Wipro and HDFC Bank were among the winners.</p>.<p>"A tepid start-off in the domestic market was flattened due to a recovery in banking, metals, and oil & gas, while continued selling in IT stocks weighed on the indices," according to Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>In Asia, equity markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended lower.</p>.<p>Equity exchanges in Europe were also trading lower in mid-session deals. The US markets had ended in the negative territory on Friday.</p>.<p>International oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.80 per cent to USD 75.49 per barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets on Friday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 158.01 crore, according to exchange data.</p>
<p>The Sensex ended over 51 points lower on Monday while the Nifty settled flat amid a weak trend in global markets and continuous foreign fund outflows.</p>.<p>Markets are awaiting the November inflation data to be announced later in the day, traders said.</p>.<p>The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 51.10 points or 0.08 per cent to settle at 62,130.57. During the day, it tumbled 505.52 points or 0.81 per cent to 61,676.15.</p>.<p>The broader NSE Nifty ended at 18,497.15, marginally higher by 0.55 points.</p>.<p>From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, Infosys, Titan, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Power Grid, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India and Bajaj Finserv were the major laggards.</p>.<p>Tata Steel, Nestle, Dr Reddy's, UltraTech Cement, Wipro and HDFC Bank were among the winners.</p>.<p>"A tepid start-off in the domestic market was flattened due to a recovery in banking, metals, and oil & gas, while continued selling in IT stocks weighed on the indices," according to Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.</p>.<p>In Asia, equity markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended lower.</p>.<p>Equity exchanges in Europe were also trading lower in mid-session deals. The US markets had ended in the negative territory on Friday.</p>.<p>International oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.80 per cent to USD 75.49 per barrel.</p>.<p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital markets on Friday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 158.01 crore, according to exchange data.</p>