At close, the Sensex was down 97.30 points or 0.29% at 33507.92, and the Nifty was down 32.85 points or 0.33% at 9881.15 amid geopolitical tensions and rise in Covid-19 cases. Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Wipro, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank were major gainers in the Sensex pack, while losers include Bharti Infratel, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ITC and Shree Cements. About 1409 shares have advanced, 1116 shares declined, and 152 shares are unchanged. The Nifty Auto index was up nearly 1 per cent. The Nifty Financial Services index, down 0.7 per cent. Except, Nifty FMCG, and Nifty IT, all the sectoral indices were trading in green. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indexes were up 0.8 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively.