The Indian stock market exhibited a mixed performance today, with the SENSEX trading at 84,478.67, reflecting a modest gain of 12.16 points or 0.01%. Out of 38 sectors, 17 advanced while 21 declined, indicating a slight tilt towards bearish sentiment. The top-performing sector was BSE CD, which rose by 0.86%, while BSE CG faced the most significant decline, dropping by 0.70%. The advance-decline ratio across the BSE500 showed 178 advances against 322 declines, translating to a ratio of 0.55x. The BSE100, SMLCAP, and MIDCAP indices all experienced slight declines, with falls of 0.02%, 0.3%, and 0.34%, respectively. Among the top gainers in the BSE500, Data Pattern led with a rise of 7.40%, followed by PG Electroplast at 5.90% and Ashok Leyland at 5.73%. Conversely, the biggest losers included Cohance Life, which plummeted by 8.71%, and Endurance Tech, down by 7.45%. The Nifty closed at 25,879.15, up by 3.35 points or 0.01%, remaining just 0.87% shy of its 52-week high. Notably, large caps were relatively flat, with Asian Paints emerging as the top gainer at 3.81%.