Mumbai, March 7 -- The Indian stock markets on Friday ended near the flatline amid mixed global cues.

At the end of the trading, the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 7.80 points or 0.03 per cent at 22,552.50, while the BSE Sensex was down 7.51 points or 0.01 percent at 74,332.58.

At the NSE, Reliance Industries, Nestle, Bajaj Auto, Bharat Electronics, and Hindalco were the major gainers, while losers such as IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Shriram Finance, Infosys, and HCL Technologies were the major losers.

At BSE, the Midcap index witnessed a decline of 0.3 percent, while the Smallcap index was up 0.7 per cent.

On the sectoral front on the NSE, indices such as consumer durables, IT, power, and realty were down 0.5-1 percent, w...