Indian markets snapped eight-day losing streak on February 17 to end marginally higher. Nifty at around 22,950 led by pharma, metal, financial stocks. GMP Bajaj Finserv, Adani Enterprises, Power Grid Corp, IndusInd Bank and Shriram Finance were among top gainers on the Nifty. M&M, Bharti Airtel, Wipro, TCS, Infosys were among the top losers on the Sensex and Nifty respectively. BSE Midcap index ended 0.5 percent higher, while the smallcap index was down 0.6 percent. Among sectors, auto, IT, telecom, media shed 0. 5-1 percent, while pharma and PSU Bank, energy, consumer durables, metal indices rose 0.4-1.5%. BSE Sensex was up 57.65 points or 0.08 percent at 75,996.86; Nifty was up 30.25 points or0.13 percent at 22,959.50.
