Mumbai, Sep 17
Indian equity indices closed with marginal gains as market investors shifted their focus to the US Federal Open Market Committee's policy meeting, starting later in the day on Tuesday.
At closing, the Sensex was up 90 points or 0.11 per cent at 83,079 and Nifty was at 25,418, up 34 points or 0.14 per cent.
Selling was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks.
The Nifty Midcap 100 index was down 79 points or 0.13 per cent at 60,180 and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 19,465, down 72 points or 0.37 per cent.
In the Sensex pack, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, M&M, Titan, L&T, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HUL, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma and HCL Tech were the top gainers.
Tata Motors, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Power Grid, ITC, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti Suzuki, SBI, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank were the top losers.
Among the sectoral indices, PSU Bank, pharma, metal and media fell the most.
Auto, IT, fin services, FMCGs, realty and energy contributed the most.
The market trend was negative and 2,241 shares closed in the red, 1,709 shares in the green and 108 shares closed without any change.