Market Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty advance marginally to end volatile session in green

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty delivered a decent recovery to end the session with a slight gain on Thursday. The market started the session under pressure amid weak global cues, elevated crude oil prices, persistent selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and continuous geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. However, the profit booking stopped, allowing both the Nifty and Sensex to recover sharply from the day's lows. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 13.84 points or 0.02 per cent, to settle at 74,360.01. The 50-share NSE Nifty added 10.95 points, or 0.05 per cent to end at 23,416.55. During the day, the BSE hit a high of 74,544.24 and a low of 73,807.30, gyrating 736.94 points.