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Sensex pulls back, closes about 1.2 percent down

By IANS,

Mumbai : Indian markets made a decent pullback Thursday after opening weak, with a key index moving down 1.16 percent from its last closing figure.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 11,774.04 points, almost 245 points lower, climbed back to end trade about 139.46 points or 1.16 percent lower at 11,880.19 points (provisional).

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) lost 0.94 percent to close at 3,600.9 points.

However, broader market indices ended in the positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index gaining 0.38 percent, while the BSE smallcap index was up 0.7 percent.