The bourses continued to light up on buying frenzy amid growing confidence of economic recovery as investors fraternity bid adieu to Samavat year-2069 on a fabulous note.
The benchmark CNX Nifty ended nearly flat after briefly conquering an all-time record closing high set in November 2010.
With financials fronting the surge, auto, metal, infra and healthcare stocks attracted good buying interest. However heavy profit taking in fmcg, technology and energy capped gains.
The 50-share index hovered between a high of 6,332.60 and a low of 6,286.95 before concluding at 6,307.20, showing a modest rise of 8.05 points, or 0.13 per cent.
The NSE bellwether is just a few points shy of its lifetime closing high of 6,312.45 hit on November 5, 2010.
After a spectacular three-staight day surge, trading resumed on a quiet note amid cautiouness but soon picked up momentum and reclaimed briefly its all time closing high. However, it met with heavy resistance at higher level and succumbed to heavy profit selling, surrendering all its early gains to end once again in negative zone. It mostly traded in tight band amid volatility, though managed to end the session on a modestly positive note.
Meanwhile, other Asian and emerging markets finished mixed on investors caution amid easing fears of Fed tapering its bond-buying programe and stronger-than-expected economic data from China, world's second largest economy.
IDFC, PNB, Bank of Baroda, SBIN, M&M, Ranbaxy, DLF, Jindal Steel, JP Associates and Sesa Sterlite were among the key index stock gainers.
Top laggards included Power Grid, ONGC, NTPC, ITC, Infosys, BPCL, Kotak Bank, TCS, Gail and Lupin.
Turnover in the cash segment dropped to Rs 14,271.38 crore from Rs 16,159.64 crore yesterday. A total of 8,925.85 lakh shares changed hands in 75,25,154 trades, while market capitalisation stood at Rs 67,19,451 crore.
