Sensex ends 1.3 percent down

Fri, Oct 9 03:45 PM

Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) A key Indian equities index closed 1.3 percent lower Friday after falling sharply in the late afternoon session.

The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 16,915.96 points, shut shop at 16,624.4 points (provisional), down 219.41 points or 1.3 percent from Thursday's closing figure of 16,843.54 points.

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too ended in the red at 4,941.75 points, down 1.21 percent.

Broader market indices also closed in the negative terrain, with the BSE midcap index moving down 0.8 percent and the BSE smallcap index closing 0.71 percent lower.

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