Markets end flat amid range bound trades

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Benchmark indices ended flat amid choppy trades after investors turned cautious and booked profits at higher levels. Losses in financials and oil and gas shares capped gains.

The 30-share Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640 levels.

The rupee fell marginally by two paise to 60.14 against the dollar on increased demand for the US currency from banks and importers.  Meanwhile, overseas investors bought Indian shares worth 6.21 billion rupees on Wednesday, provisional exchange data shows.