Nifty trades flat for 2nd day, slips 6 pts

Benchmark Nifty witnessed lacklustre trading for the second straight day today as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's policy decision for further cues.
The 50-share index, after shuttling between 10,171.05 and 10,134.20, ended the day lower by 6.40 points or 0.06 per cent at 10,141.15.
The broader indices witnessed some profit booking, with the Nifty Midcap and Smallcap indices slipping 0.23 per cent and 0.45 per cent, respectively.
The sectoral chart showed the losers outnumbering the gainers. Only PSU Bank, Pharma and FMCG indices managed to eke out gains, advancing 1 per cent, 0.28 per cent and 0.20 per cent, respectively.

Among the losers, Auto, Realty and Private Bank indices slipped the most, losing 0.60 per cent, 0.53 per cent, and 0.48 per cent, respectively.
Index losers included BPCL, Hero Motoco, Tata Motors and Sun Pharma.

However, Dr Reddy's, Bank of Baroda, Tata Steel, ITC and ONGC ended with gains.
On the NSE, 798 stocks advanced, compared with 897 declining and 67 remaining unchanged.
Total securities that hit their price bands were 137.
Turnover in the cash segment rose to Rs 29,142.83 crore from Rs 28,638.18 crore yesterday.
A total of 15,495.26 lakh shares changed hands in 10,228,115 trades. The market capitalisation of listed firms on the NSE stood at Rs 1,34,93,144 crore.