Dec 30 (Reuters) - India's equity benchmarks ended little changed on Tuesday, with sentiment muted by foreign fund outflows in thin year-end trade.
The Nifty 50 slipped 0.01% to 25,938.85, while the BSE Sensex eased 0.02% to 84,675.08.
Ten of the 16 major sectors fell. Small-caps and mid-caps declined 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.
"There aren't many triggers for market globally as well as in India. We are seeing a rally in metals on optimism over commodity prices, while Nifty rebalancing is impacting some stocks," said Anita Gandhi, head of institutional business at Arihant Capital Markets.
Metal stocks gained 2%, rising for the twelfth time in 14 sessions.
The benchmarks have dropped about 1% in five sessions on persistent foreign selling in light volumes.
Overseas investors have offloaded a record high $18.5 billion of Indian shares in 2025, propelling a rare underperformance for Indian equities against emerging market and Asian peers.
Among stocks, Eternal fell 2% on reports of a resignation from chief financial officer of quick commerce arm Blinkit.
Cupid gained 4.6% after getting board approval to set up a fast-moving consumer goods manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia, marking its expansion outside India.
Honasa Consumer gained 5.2% after a promoter raised its stake in the company. Non-bank lender Shriram Finance gained 2.5% on a credit rating upgrade by CARE Ratings, the first such rating action after the MUFG deal announcement.
Gujarat Kidney and Super Speciality dropped 8.3% on its debut trading session.
(Reporting by Vivek Kumar M and Bharath Rajeswaran; Editing by Rashmi Aich, Mrigank Dhaniwala and Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
By Bharath Rajeswaran and Vivek Kumar M
