Markets End Flat in Green

The Indian markets pared most of its gains during the trading session to close the day flat in green. The main gainer this day is the Metal index closing the day gaining more than one percentage points followed by the Consumer Durables and Auto indices. The Sensex closed the day in green gaining 33.70 points or 0.19 percentage points to close at 18,032.11.  Nifty ends the day at 5415.45 gaining 6.75 points or 0.12 percentage points. Market breadth was negative with 1,346 advances against 1,599 declines on BSE. On the global front, European stocks rose as the Bank of Japan’s expansion of credit support for lenders boosted speculation that central banks won’t allow the economy to slide back into recession. Asian shares and U.S. index futures gained.