The Indian share benchmark trading closed on a flat note as traders booked profit at record highs earlier in the session a day ahead of the monthly expiry of August futures and option contracts. At Intraday,  Sensex advanced as much as 239 points to hit record high of 56,198.13 and Nifty 50 index touched an all-time high of 16,712.45.  At close, the Sensex slipped 15 points to settle at 56,944 and Nifty 50 index advanced 10 points to settle at record high 16,635.

10 of 15 sector gauges compiled by the NSE ended lower led by the Nifty Consumer Durables index's over 1.5 percent decline. Realty, Healthcare, Media, Financial Services and Bank indices also fell between 0.3-0.7 percent. On the upper side, the Nifty FMCG, IT, Metal and Oil & Gas indexes ended higher. Gains in Infosys, Reliance, TCS, HDFC and Hindustan Unilever were offset with losses in Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, Titan, Bharti Airtel and Larsen & Toubro.

Bajaj Finserv, Titan, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, Dr. Reddy's Labs, Tata Steel, Axis Bank, JSW Steel, Cipla, UPL and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards on the Nifty pack of stocks. On the other hand, Adani Ports, HDFC Life, Hindalco, ONGC, Coal India, Tata Motors, TCS and Eicher Motors also rose between 1-2.6 percent on the Nifty.

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