Mumbai, September 25: A key index of the Indian equities markets was trading flat a little after Friday noon while sentiments remained subdued at other Asian markets.
At 12.25 p.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened lower at 16,679.99 points, was ruling at 16,746.59 points, 34.84 points or 0.21 percent lower than Thursday’s close of 16,781.43 points.
Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, was trading in the negative terrain at 4,978.65 points, down 0.16 percent.
However, broader market indices were ruling firm, with the BSE midcap index trading 1.2 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index moving up 1.54 percent.
Thanks to gains in mid- and small-sized company scrips, market breadth was positive, with 1,773 scrips advancing compared to 772 declining and 67 remaining unchanged.
Trading was depressed at other important Asian markets.
The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 278.24 points or 2.64 percent lower at 10,265.98 points.
At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the benchmark SSE Composite was ruling 0.62 percent down at 2,835.75 points.
The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng, was flat at 21,049.45 points, down 1.28 points or 0.01 percent.
The Kospi, benchmark index of the Korean Stock Exchange was also hovering around its last closing figure, and was down a marginal 2.4 points or 0.14 percent at 1,691.48 points.
—IANS