Sensex was down 18.35 points or 0.12% at 14861.89, and the Nifty down 5.35 points or 0.12% at 4353.95.
About 904 shares have advanced, 1602 shares declined, and 62 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,605.85 down 40 points or 0.60%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,796.02 down 60 points or 0.8%.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.4% at 12,618.94. L&T, Thermax, AIA Engineering, Areva T&D, Greaves Cotton closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.7% at 3,838.54. Ranbaxy Labs, Biocon, Orchid Chemical, Cadila Health, Lupin closed lower.
The BSE Auto Index closed closed at 4,881.94 up 0.9%. Cummins, Mah and Mah, TVS Motor, Maruti Udyog, MRF ended in the green.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 10,816.64 up 0.4%. Shree Precoated, Hindalco, Jindal Saw, SAIL advanced.
The BSE FMCG Index lost 0.4% at 1,854.80. Bata India, Tata Tea, United Spirits, GlaxoSmith Con, Dabur India closed lower.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed lower at 7,616.99 down 0.2%. IOC, Petronet LNG, Essar Oil, Reliance Petro ended in green.
The BSE IT Index lost 1% at 4,791.99. Patni Computer, Mphasis, Satyam, I-Flex Solution, Financial Tech closed weak.
The BSE Bankex was up 0.4% at 7,427.55. UTI Bank, Centurion BoP, ICICI Bank, Union Bank closed higher.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 14204.94 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 41247.62 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 6494.24 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 61946.8 crore.