Stock Market highlights on Monday, July 29: After opening at record highs, benchmarks Sensex, and Nifty lost momentum during the second half and settled on a flat note on Monday. The BSE Sensex settled at 81,356, up 0.03 per cent or 23 points. The index hit an all-time high of 81,908.43 during early trade.
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, ended at 24,836, up 0.01 per cent or 1 point. The index soared to a record high of 24,999.75, merely 0.25 points shy of 25,000.
Out of the 50 listed stocks on the Nifty50, 25 settled lower with Bharti Airtel, Titan, Cipla, ITC, and Tata Consumer being the top laggards. On the contrary, 25 stocks settled higher with gains continued by Divi's Labs, BPCL, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv, and Mahindra & Mahindra.
Among the broader indices, mid-cap stocks outperformed the others as the Nifty MidCap 100 index hit a fresh record high of 58,455.10. The index settled at 58,364.65, up 1 .03 per cent.
The Nifty SmallCap index, too, ended 1 per cent higher.
PSU Bank, Media, and Realty indices led by gains with a rally of up 2.25 per cent among the other sectoral indices, while FMCG, IT, and select financial services settled lower.
 "Stock Market Highlights, July 29: Benchmarks end flat after hitting record highs; most sectors gain")
