The Nifty 50 ended the session with a slight decline of 0.02%, closing at 22,119, while the Sensex fell 0.09% to finish at 73,085 compared to Friday’s close. The broader market ended mixed, with the Nifty Midcap 100 index gaining 0.

Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, dropped after opening in green higher on Monday, following positive signals from other Asian markets, with IT and auto stocks leading the gains. The market also saw an uptick after Friday’s data revealed India’s economy grew by 6.

The Indian stock market turned volatile with Sensex erasing its 73,000 mark and Nifty 50 struggling to hold 22,000 levels. Although, the benchmarks opened in green, however, were toppled by bears on broad-based selling with oil & gas,