Market Close:

Benchmark indices ended lower for the second consecutive session on November 20 with Nifty around 19,700.

At close, the Sensex was down 139.58 points or 0.21 percent at 65,655.15, and the Nifty was down 37.80 points or 0.19 percent at 19,694. About 1784 shares advanced, 1864 shares declined, and 146 shares unchanged.

Top losers on the Nifty included #AdaniEnterprises #M&M, #Bajajfinance #SBILifeInsurance and #Ultratech while gainers were #DIVIS #BhartiAirtel #HCLTech #Wipro and #ongc .

On the sectoral front, Information Technology index up 0.6 percent and healthcare index up 0.3 percent, while selling is seen in the metal, auto, capital goods, FMCG, realty names.

BSE midcap index ended flat, while smallcap index rose 0.4 percent.