By IANS,
Mumbai : A benchmark index of Indian equities Friday closed 392 points lower as profit booking built up in bluechip stocks.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,518.5 points, closed at 20,105.38 points (provisional) – down 392.26 points or 1.91 percent from its previous close at 20,497.64 points.
It had moved up 81 points to 20,578.45 points soon after the opening bell and touched a low of 20,090.18 points.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the 50-share S&P CNX Nifty shut shop at 6,055.5 points, down 1.97 percent.
Broader markets were in the red too with the BSE midcap index ending 1.26 percent lower and the BSE smallcap index 0.75 percent down.
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