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In volatile trading, the Nifty index today failed to sustain initial gains and ended almost flat on caution ahead of expiry of monthly derivative contracts and much-awaited Union Budget. Nifty moved up by 5 points to finish at 8767 after hitting the day's high of 8840. Thursday will see markets reacting to the Railway Budget as well as portfolio churning by investors as monthly derivative contracts expire

The markets opened in the negative territory today. At present, both the indices are trading very flat with the Sensex down 11 points at 15959 and Nifty down by 3 points at 4775. Banking stocks were under selling pressure, falling nearly 0.5 per cent. Auto and FMCG stocks also traded lower. Capital goods stocks extended gains. Energy and IT stocks also saw 0.5-1 per cent gains.