The Sensex fell 4 points or 0.01 per cent to settle at 36,971 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index rose 7 points or 0.06 per cent to close at 11,069. Zee Entertainment was the top Nifty gainer, the stock rose 4.56 per cent to Rs 405.70. Sun Pharma, Eicher Motors, Grasim Industries, Bharti Infratel and Tata Motors were also among the gainers. On the other hand, JSW Steel, Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Power Grid and HDFC were among the losers.

Thirteen of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended higher led by the S&P BSE Telecom Index's 2.5 per cent gain. On the flipside, S&P BSE Utilities Index was top loser down 0.9 per cent.