<p>Equity benchmark BSE Sensex ended marginally higher at 40,165 points on Friday after a volatile session as markets consolidated after scaling new highs.</p>.<p>Advancing for the sixth consecutive session, the 30-share index settled 35.98 points or 0.09 per cent, higher at 40,165.03. The index swung 269 points during the day, hitting a high of 40,283.30 and a low of 40,014.23.</p>.<p>The broader NSE Nifty too advanced 13.15 points, or 0.11 per cent, to close at 11,890.60.</p>.<p>Top gainers in the Sensex pack included IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Tech Mahindra, ONGC, Axis Bank and ITC, rising up to 5.18 per cent.</p>.<p>On the other hand, Yes Bank was the biggest laggard, tumbling 5.46 per cent, ahead of its quarterly results.</p>.<p>TCS, M&M, Asian Paints, Tata Motors, L&T, HCL Tech and NTPC too lost up to 3 per cent.</p>.<p>Recent peaks were short-lived and profit booking emerged especially in companies that rallied substantially in the past few weeks, analysts said.</p>.<p>Investor sentiment was also subdued after the release of core sector output data post market hours on Thursday.</p>.<p>The output of eight core infrastructure industries contracted by 5.2 per cent in September, the lowest in a decade, indicating the severity of economic slowdown.</p>.<p>The eight-core sectors had expanded by 4.3 per cent in September 2018, according to official data.</p>.<p>Globally, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Seoul settled higher on optimism over the US-China trade deal, while Tokyo ended in the red.</p>.<p>Exchanges in Europe were trading on a positive note in their respective early deals.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Indian rupee appreciated marginally to 70.89 against the US dollar intra-day.</p>.<p>Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.40 per cent to USD 59.86 per barrel. </p>
<p>Equity benchmark BSE Sensex ended marginally higher at 40,165 points on Friday after a volatile session as markets consolidated after scaling new highs.</p>.<p>Advancing for the sixth consecutive session, the 30-share index settled 35.98 points or 0.09 per cent, higher at 40,165.03. The index swung 269 points during the day, hitting a high of 40,283.30 and a low of 40,014.23.</p>.<p>The broader NSE Nifty too advanced 13.15 points, or 0.11 per cent, to close at 11,890.60.</p>.<p>Top gainers in the Sensex pack included IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Tech Mahindra, ONGC, Axis Bank and ITC, rising up to 5.18 per cent.</p>.<p>On the other hand, Yes Bank was the biggest laggard, tumbling 5.46 per cent, ahead of its quarterly results.</p>.<p>TCS, M&M, Asian Paints, Tata Motors, L&T, HCL Tech and NTPC too lost up to 3 per cent.</p>.<p>Recent peaks were short-lived and profit booking emerged especially in companies that rallied substantially in the past few weeks, analysts said.</p>.<p>Investor sentiment was also subdued after the release of core sector output data post market hours on Thursday.</p>.<p>The output of eight core infrastructure industries contracted by 5.2 per cent in September, the lowest in a decade, indicating the severity of economic slowdown.</p>.<p>The eight-core sectors had expanded by 4.3 per cent in September 2018, according to official data.</p>.<p>Globally, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Seoul settled higher on optimism over the US-China trade deal, while Tokyo ended in the red.</p>.<p>Exchanges in Europe were trading on a positive note in their respective early deals.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Indian rupee appreciated marginally to 70.89 against the US dollar intra-day.</p>.<p>Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.40 per cent to USD 59.86 per barrel. </p>