While banking and financial services stocks attracted buying, weakness in metal and IT counters kept the benchmarks range-bound. Among Sensex constituents, Axis Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, HCL Technologies, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and PowerGrid ended in the red. On the gainers’ side, Titan, SBI, NTPC, Trent, BEL, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, and Bajaj Finserv advanced. Nifty FMCG rose 98 points, or 0.18 percent, Nifty Bank added 71 points, or 0.13 percent, and Nifty Financial Services gained 21 points. In the broader market, Nifty Midcap 100 advanced 154 points, or 0.27 percent, Nifty 100 climbed 27 points, or 0.11 percent, and Nifty Next 50 surged 690 points, or 1.03 percent.