On Monday, the NSE benchmark Nifty50 took over the negative baton from Friday’s weak close at Wall Street on the back of hotter-than-expected US inflation data.

Keeping up the pace with frontline indices, the broader markets ended the day with gains as Nifty Midcap and Small-Cap ended up by 0.54 and 0.43 per cent, respectively.

Indices end lower, ahead of US inflation data. The broader indices were subjected to strong volatility amid weekly expiry. NSE Nifty 50 index slipped 0.71 per cent to close just above 18,000 level while Sensex lost 420 points.