<h1>Market volatility drove marginal gains as foreign fund outflows and inflation-linked rate expectations shaped trading.</h1> National equity benchmarks closed marginally higher after a choppy session characterised by market volatility, sector rotation into rate-sensitive stocks on soft inflation data, and contrasting capital flows: continued foreign institutional net selling versus persistent domestic institutional buying. A weaker currency, election-related uncertainty and mixed global cues, including lower crude, amplified profit-booking and kept benchmark indices largely unchanged by the close.