Market Wrap, August 5: Here's all that happened in the markets today

After starting on a strong note, the domestic stock market turned highly volatile in the intra-day session and ended flat on Wednesday, weighed down by blue-chips such as Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank, and Infosys. 

The S&P BSE Sensex today ended 25 points or 0.07 per cent lower at 37,663 levels while NSE's Nifty settled at 11,102, up 6 points or 0.06 per cent. Of Sensex's 30 constituents, 19 advanced while 11 declined. Volatility index, India VIX, dropped over 1 per cent to 23.5 levels.

On the sectoral front, metal stocks rallied the most. The Nifty Metal index jumped over 4 per