The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,572.61 points, closed at 18,569.63 points (provisional) -- up 56.86 points or 0.31 percent from its previous close at 18,512.77 points.
The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also ended on a flat note at 5,562 points, up 0.37 percent.
Broader indices did moderately better, with the BSE midcap index closing 0.57 percent up and the BSE smallcap index 0.69 percent up.
(Published 11 May 2011, 04:58 IST)