Benchmark indices have ended the session on a flat note amid volatility as pharma shares gained amid the slide in the rupee while the rally in the banking shares on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank on the back of easing consumer price inflation and growth in industrial production also aided the sentiment.
However, the upside was capped as the monsoon session of the Parliament came to an end without the passage of any key legislation coupled with the depreciation of rupee.