At Close, the Sensex was up 35.75 points or 0.07% at 50,441.07, and the Nifty was up 18.10 points or 0.12% at 14,956.20. Larsen & Toubro and ONGC were the top index gainers, followed by HCL Technology and Axis Bank. IndusInd Bank, Ultratech Cement, and Bajaj Finance were the top index drags. About 1698 shares have advanced, 1382 shares declined, and 208 shares are unchanged. Nifty PSU Bank, Metal, and IT indices gained up to 1.5 per cent higher on the NSE. Nifty Realty, FMCG, and Auto indices, meanwhile, ended up to 1 per cent down. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closed 0.3 per cent and 0.6 per cent higher, respectively.The volatility index, India VIX, cooled-off 3.5 per cent and closed at 24.6 levels