Nifty ended on a negative zone witnessing volatility towards fag end of the trading session following selling pressure seen mainly in PSU Bank, IT, Realty, Infra, Banks and Media counters amid lower European cues.
On the global front, Asian stocks were mixed. Chinese shares ended flat. The Shanghai Composite index closed up 0.07 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 0.41 per cent. Nikkei 225 ended 1.2 per cent lower hitting three-week lows.
The 50-share Nifty opened higher at 8,614.35 and hovered between a high of 8,622.95 and a low of 8,547.55, before ending at 8,572.55, showing a fall of 19.65 points or 0.23 per cent from its last close. It witnessed an intra-day movement of about 75.40 points.
On the sectoral front, PSU Banks fell by 1.74 per cent, followed by IT (1.37 per cent), Realty (1.08 per cent), Infra (0.80 per cent), Bank (0.59 per cent), Media (0.54 per cent) and Private Banks (0.42 per cent).
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Notable index laggards were Wipro (2.78 percent), HCL Tech (2.42 per cent), Bank Of Baroda (2.25 per cent), L&T (1.89 per cent), Idea (1.78 per cent), Infosys (1.59 per cent), SBI (1.52 per cent), IndusInd Bank (1.44 per cent) and BHEL (1.35 per cent).
Notable gainers included Tata Motors DVR (3.31 per cent), Tata Motors (2.00 per cent), Bharti InfraTel (2.21 per cent), Asian Paints (1.57 per cent), Reliance (1.50 per cent), GAIL (1.09 per cent) and M&M (0.93 per cent).
A total of 1,019 scrips declined, 577 rose, while 80 remained unchanged. Total securities that hit their price bands were 92.
A total of 9,266.35 lakh shares changed hands in 74,79,116 trades. The market capitalisation of NSE stood at Rs 107,14,204.93 crore.