The stock market ended on a muted note in the highly volatile session on Thursday, ahead of the release of US CPI data and the Bihar election outcome.

At close, the Sensex was up 12.16 points or 0.01% at 84,478.67, and the Nifty was up 3.35 points or 0.01% at 25,879.15. Broader indices underperformed the main indices, with BSE Midcap and smallcap indices shedding 0.3% each.

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Among the sectors, the indices ended on a mixed note. Nifty PSU Bank was down 0.68%, Media down by 0.55%, FMCG was down 0.51%, IT down by 0.48%, and Auto was down by 0.37%. Those ending with gains were Nifty Metal up by 0.44%, Realty up by 0.42%, and Pharma was up by 0.41%.

Nifty Bank rose by 0.18%, while Nifty Financial Services rose by 0.22%. Bank Nifty scaled a new all-time high, touching 58,609.2 i

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