Mumbai, June 19 -- India's equity benchmarks remained muted on Thursday and ended with a marginal loss, possibly due to the ongoing geopolitical conflict in the Middle East and cautious signals from the US Federal Reserve, dampening investors' sentiment.

At the end of the trading session on Thursday, BSE Sensex settled at 81,361.87, slipping 82.79 points or 0.10 per cent, while Nifty 50 at National Stock Exchange (NSE) was down 18.80 points or 0.08 per cent at 24,793.25

Within the Nifty constituents, Tata Consumer, Eicher Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra emerged as the top performers, offering some pockets of strength. In contrast, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance weighed on the index, ending as top laggards.

From a sectoral perspective, N...