The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) eased 24.55 points to 22,437.45.

The Sensex registered intraday highs and lows at 74,099.78 and 73,792.53 points respectively.

The Nifty registered intra days high and low at 22,497.60 and 22,414.35 points, respectively.

The stocks include Technology, Metal and Telecommunications were in red.

The Mid Cap rose by 0.41 pc and the Small Cap by 0.76 pc.

In 30 scrips, 11 advanced while 19 declined.

The losers were ICICI bank by 1.62 pc to Rs 1081.40, Bajaj Finance by 1.28 pc to Rs 7155.95, Wipro by 0.94 pc to Rs 480.45 and Bajaj Finserv by 0.90 pc to Rs 1631.

The gainers were IndusInd bank by 1.56 pc to Rs 1565.20, HDFC bank by 1.28 pc to Rs 1489, Titan by 1.04 pc to Rs 3777 and Nestle India Ltd by 0.70 pc to Rs 2604.

(With UNI inputs)