Market Close: Benchmark indices ended lower in the volatile trade on July 26 with Nifty below 15,850.

At close, the Sensex was down 123.53 points or 0.23% at 52852.27, and the Nifty was down 31.50 points or 0.20% at 15824.50. About 1791 shares have advanced, 1488 shares declined, and 151 shares are unchanged.

JSW Steel, Wipro, Reliance Industries, SBI and M&M were the top Nifty losers. SBI Life Insurance, Bajaj Finserv, Hindalco, Divis Labs and UltraTech Cement were among the top gainers.

Among sectors, Nifty energy index shed 1 percent while bank, auto and PSU Bank indices ended lower. However, some buying was seen on the metal, pharma, and IT names. BSE midcap index ended flat, while smallcap index ended 0.3 percent lower.

News source:- Moneycontrol