Sensex was down 25.89 points or 0.17% at 15590.42, and the Nifty down 9.10 points or 0.20% at 4509.50.
About 1508 shares have advanced, 1420 shares declined, and 91 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,851.65 up 0.03%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,433.52 up 0.5%.
The BSE Bankex was down 0.2% at 8,095.69. Bank of Baroda, Kotak Mahindra, Bank of India, Axis Bank, SBI moved downwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 0.3% at 13,613.24. Triveni Engg, Alstom Projects, Suzlon Energy, Jyoti Structure, Lakshmi Machine, AIA Engineering closed lower.
The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.3% at 3,705.68. Nicholas Pirama, Cipla, Biocon, Aurobindo Pharm, Orchid Chemical closed lower.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,889.83 down 1%. Exide Industrie, Ashok Leyland, Mah and Mah, Tata Motors, TVS Motor closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 11,609.08 down 0.7%. JindalStainless, SAIL, Sterlite Ind, Sesa Goa closed lower.
The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,046.63 up 0.7%. Marico, ITC, United Spirits, United Brewerie, Tata Tea closed lower.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 8,185.77 down 0.6%. Reliance, Essar Oil, GAIL, HPCL, Reliance Petro ended in red.
The BSE IT Index slipped 0.1% at 4,659.70. Patni Computer, Mphasis, I-Flex Solution, HCL Tech closed lower.
The BSE realty Index lost 1% at 7,470.27. Unitech, Ansal Propertie, Mahindra Gesco, DLF closed lower.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 9966.22 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 38666.44 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4869.79 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 53502.45 crore.