NEW DELHI: Indian equity market wrapped up 2018 on a dull note on Monday, as BSE benchmark Sensex snapped two-day winning streak, while NSEs Nifty managed to eke out small gains.Crude oil prices rallied over a per cent, hitting market sentiment.
However, signs of progress on a possible US-China trade deal kept equities fall in check.The BSE benchmark Sensex ended flat, down 8.39 points or 0.02 percent at 36,068.33.
On other hand, Nifty bagged minuscule gains by rising 2.65 points, 0.024% at 10,862.55.On BSE, 1,524 stocks gained, 1,077 declined, while 192 remained unchanged.BSE midcap and smallcap indices settled day 0.51 per cent and 0.69 higher, respectively.Tata Steel emerged as top performer on Sensex with a rise of 1.59 per cent.
Other gainers included Vedanta, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and HCL Tech.
Kotak Bank was top contributor, while HDFC was biggest drag.Hero MotoCorp was biggest loser on index, down 1.32 per cent.
Other decliners included Axis bank, NTPC, HDFC, Coal India and Maruti.On sectoral front, Telecom index was worst performing sector.
Other sectors that lost were energy, FMCG, Oil and Gas and power.
BSE metal index logged maximum gains by rising 1.43 per cent.Globally, Asian stocks rose.
Japan's Nikkei was closed for a holiday having ended year with a loss of 12 per cent.
Across region, worst performer of year was index of Chinese blue chips, which lost a quarter of its value.