Kotak Mahindra Bank provides biggest boost to Sensex gains

Sales for Maruti Suzuki, the country's biggest carmaker, climbed 14 percent last month

India’s benchmark equity index just managed to close in the green after swinging between gains and losses as weak sentiment in Asia offset the good cheer from strong auto sales in April.

The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.1 per cent to 35,176.42 after falling as much as 0.3 per cent. The measure swung between gains and losses at least a dozen times. All but two of the  19 sector sub-indexes compiled by BSE fell, led by an index of metal stocks. Kotak Mahindra Bank provided the biggest boost to the Sensex. The stock markets were closed on Tuesday for a