Indian equities markets ended on a flat note on Friday even as healthy buying was witnessed in IT, Teck (technology, media and entertainment) and capital goods stocks.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up by 15.15 points or 0.17 per cent to 8,793.55 points.
The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 28,367.17 points, provisionally closed at 28,334.25 points (at 3.30 p.m.) -- up a miniscule 4.55 points or 0.02 per cent, from the previous close at 28,329.70 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 28,456.18 points and a low of 28,286.80 points during the intra-day trade.
In contrast, the BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the bears -- with 1,541 declines and 1,317 advances.
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On Thursday, the NSE Nifty rose by 9.35 points or 0.11 per cent to close at 8,778.40 points,and the BSE Sensex was up 39.78 points or 0.14 per cent at 28,329.70 points.
--IANS
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