Nifty ends near 6,500 in special trading session; pharma, oil & gas up

CiplaBSE 1.77 % (up 2.42 per cent), IDFCBSE 1.33 % (up 2.01 per cent), HCL TechBSE 0.67 % (up 0.95 per cent), 

NMDCBSE 0.54 % (up 0.89 per cent) and Sun PharmaBSE 0.68 % (up 0.79 per cent) were among the Nifty gainers. 

HindalcoBSE -1.50 % (2.02 per cent), Asian PaintsBSE -0.62 % (0.67 per cent), ACCBSE 1.33 % (0.56 per cent), InfosysBSE -0.34 % (0.33 per cent) and Punjab National BankBSE 0.04 % (0.32 per cent) were among the index losers.