India's stock benchmarks closed the penultimate trading session little changed, as gains in information technology stocks were offset by losses in energy, oil & gas and metal stocks, with index heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd. shedding little less than 2%.
The S&P BSE Sensex was largely unchanged at 57,794. The 30-stock index rose above 58,000 level in intraday trade before erasing the gains. The NSE Nifty 50 also closed little changed at 17,203.95.