Profit booking subdues equity indices (Second Lead)

Mumbai Jan 2 (IANS) Profit booking during the last hour of Tuesday s trade session pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market to a flat close.

According to market analysts heavy selling pressure in healthcare capital goods and oil and gas stocks pared initial gains and induced volatility.

At 3.35 p.m. the 30-scrip S&P BSE Sensex which had previously closed at 33 812.75 points provisionally closed flat at 33 812.26 points.

Similarly the National Stock Exchange s (NSE) Nifty50 closed on a flat note at 10 442.20 points up by a mere by 6.65 points or 0.06 per cent.

On Monday profit booking coupled with low volumes and higher crude oil prices had depressed the key indices.

The S&P BSE Sensex had ended Monday s trade at 33 812.75 points down 244.08 or 0.72 per cent while the NSE Nifty50 closed at 10 435.55 points down by 95.15 points or 0.90 per cent.

--IANS
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