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Sensex ends in red after breaching 15,000-mark

By IANS,

Mumbai : A key index of the Indian equities markets shut shop in the red Wednesday, slipping 30 points from its last close. It had earlier breached the 15,000-mark.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 14,902.62 points, ended at 14,845.56 points (provisional) – 29.35 points or 0.2 percent below Tuesday’s close.

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) followed the Sensex, ending trade at 4,520.9 points, a marginal loss of 0.1 percent.

Broader market indices again did better, with the BSE midcap index gaining 1.47 percent and the BSE smallcap index ending 1.99 percent up.