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Indian markets open in red

By IANS

Mumbai : The Indian equities market opened Thursday with a negative gap tracking mixed Asian cues. The 30 share benchmark sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened with a loss of 35.64 points at 15,754.87.

S&P Nifty of National Stock Exchange opened at 4,747.55 points with a gain of 0.15 percent.

Asian markets were trading mixed. Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.59 percent or 77.41 points at 13,034.48, Singapore’s Straits Times was down 0.37 percent or 11.51 points at 3,078.21, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was flat at 23,989.22.

However, Taiwan’s Taiwan Weighted rose 1.495 or 129.47 points at 8,797.40 and South Korea’s Seoul Composite was up 0.31 percent or 5.43 points at 1,760.14.