Indian stock market ends flat in volatile trade; Nifty below 25,500

Mumbai, Feb. 25 -- In a volatile session, the Indian stock market on Wednesday ended on a flat note, with the Nifty closing below 25,500. At the time of closing, the Sensex was up 50.15 points or 0.06% at 82,276.07, and the Nifty was up 57.85 points or 0.23% at 25,482.50.

BSE 150 MidCap Index rose by 0.67%, while the BSE 250 SmallCap Index climbed 0.48%. The cumulative market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to over Rs 467 lakh crore from Rs 465.6 lakh crore in the previous session. Among the sectors, most of the sectoral indices ended higher. Nifty Metal was up 2.70%, Auto up by 1.85%, Pharma up by 1.85%, and IT was up 1.57 percent.

On the losing end were Nifty PSU Bank down by 0.39%, FMCG down by 0.25%, Realty down by 0.19%, and ...