BSE Sensex ends flat; ABB, JM Financial big movers

Indian shares closed flat on the final day of the week, which otherwise showed a stellar performance led by huge rally in banking, realty, pharma, auto and capital goods stocks.

At 15.30 hrs IST, the Sensex was up 27.56 points or 0.14% at 20274.89, and the Nifty was up 17.40 points or 0.28% at 6187.30. About 1158 shares have advanced, 1252 shares declined, and 158 shares are unchanged.

Shares of power, capital goods, realty, infra and cement were on buyer's radar today.

ABB was the biggest mover in trade rallying more than 20 percent. The volumes surged more than 50 times on the NSE compared to 5-day average volumes.

JM Financial closed with 13 percent gains after the company managed to sell 3 percent stake to Vikram Pandit. The company will allot warrants to Pandit as per source based information.