NEW DELHI: Key equity indices Nifty and Sensex closed Tuesday's session in the negative zone on fag-end profit-booking in all sectors.The BSE Sensex finished day's trading 13 points, or 0.04 per cent, down at 35,544, with 14 stocks advancing and 17 declining.Nifty50, however, managed to hold the psychologically 10,800-mark.
The index slipped 5 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 10,802.The BSE Midcap and smallcap indices fell more than Sensex, closing 0.81 per cent and 0.65 per cent down, respectively.The overall market breadth remained negative as 1,611 stocks remained down, compared with 1,028 up on BSE.In the Nifty index, Tata Steel, Power Grid, Bajaj Finance, Tata Consultancy Services and Asian Paints stood as the top gainers.On the contrary, Tata Motors, State Bank of India, Coal India and Indiabulls Housing Finance remained the top Nifty losers.As many as 22 stocks hit 52-week highs, whereas 214 stocks hit 52-week lows on NSE on Tuesday.