The BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 on Monday ended the day almost flat from the previous close on Friday. The Sensex ended today at 31,561.22 - 81 points down after taking a 400 point lead in the opening session. Nifty, too ended almost 12 points lower at 9,239.20 after rising by 96 points in the opening trade.

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In the 30 share BSE Sensex, 50 per cent of the stocks traded in green while the remaining 50 per cent in red.  Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, TCS and HCL technologies were the top gainers at the end of today's trade while ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC and Indusind Bank were the top losers.

Meanwhile, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Bharti Infratel, Bajaj Auto and Maruti Suzuki were the top gainers on Nifty 50 at the end of the Monday trade. Top losers on Nifty-50 were ICICI Bank, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Dr Reddy's, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Hindustan Unilever.

Among sectoral indices, Nifty Auto was up by over 4 per cent, while Nifty Bank was down by over 2 per cent.

At 3:50 pm the rupee was trading at Rs 75.9075.

Meanwhile, Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick up in new coronavirus cases. Investors seemed determined to stay optimistic and MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 1.1 per cent.

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Japan`s Nikkei added 1.6 per cent and Chinese blue chips 0.7 per cent. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 opened soft but bounced as the morning wore on and was last up 0.5 per cent. EUROSTOXX 50 futures gained 0.8 per cent and FTSE futures 0.7 per cent.

Inputs from Reuters