Equity indices trade in green on global cues (Lead)

Mumbai Jan 4 (IANS) Positive global cues coupled with healthy buying in consumer durables capital goods and metal stocks lifted the key Indian equity indices during the mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday.

At 1 p.m. the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 23.10 points or 0.22 per cent at 10 466.30 points.

The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 33 912.49 points traded at 33 875.16 points -- up 81.78 points or 0.24 per cent -- from its previous session s close.

The Sensex has so far touched a high of 33 916.75 points and a low of 33 802.13 points during the intra-day trade.

The BSE market breadth was bullish with 1 794 advances and 949 declines.

Index heavyweights like Tata Steel Larsen and Toubro Dr Reddy s Lab Coal India and State Bank of India were the top gainers on the BSE.

On Wednesday the key indices closed on a flat note after investors booked profit in automobile and oil and gas stocks.

The BSE Sensex closed at 33 793.38 points -- down a mere 18.88 points or 0.06 per cent -- while the NSE Nifty50 closed the day s trade at 10 443.20 points inching up by only 1 point or 0.01 per cent.

--IANS
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