The record-breaking of India's share markets took a pause in today's weekly options expiry session. Benchmark indices closed with modest losses, after recovering from the lowest point of the day.

The BSE Sensex closed 0.3 percent lower at 45,959. The index recovered close to 300 points from the day's low. The NSE Nifty 50 index also recovered 80 points from the lowest point of the day, but ended 0.4 percent lower at 13,478. The Sensex snapped a five-day winning streak while for the Nifty, it was the first decline after seven consecutive days of gains.

Top gainers were Nestle, ITC, Britannia, HUL and Adani Ports while losers have been UPL, Ultratech Cement, Shree Cements, Tata Motors.  Among the sectoral indices, the Media and PSU bank indices were the key laggards in today's session, both ending lower by over 1.5 percent each.

The Nifty Auto index declined 1 percent while the Nifty Bank ended 0.6 percent lower, recovering over 300 points from the day's low. FMCG stocks ended with gains of 2.8 percent and at a record high. This was also the biggest single-day gain for the stock in over six months.

Modest gains were also seen in the Nifty Realty and Nifty Metal index by 4 and 2 percent respectively. Broader markets underperformed the benchmarks in today's session. The Nifty Midcap index fell 0.8 percent while the Smallcap index declined 0.5 percent in today's session.

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