Sensex provisionally closes in the red

Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets provisionally closed marginally in the red on Friday.

Similarly, the wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) ended the day’s trade flat. It was inched down by 1.15 points or 0.01 percent at 7,954.30 points.

The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 26,824.01 points, provisionally closed at 26,265.24 points (at 3.30 p.m.), down 38.96 points or 0.15 percent from the previous day’s close at 26,304.20 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 26,438.86 points and a low of 26,190.18 points in the intra-day trade.

IANS