Equities trade with marginal gains; healthcare, banks stocks in green (Lead)

Mumbai Sep 14 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices -- the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 -- traded on a flat note with marginal gains during the mid-afternoon session on Thursday with healthy buying in healthcare and banking stocks.

However profit booking in metal and oil and gas stocks capped gains.

Around 1.15 p.m. the wider 51-scrip Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 5.20 points or 0.05 per cent to trade at 10 084.50 points.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 32 289.26 points traded at 32 218.49 points -- up 32.08 points or 0.10 per cent from its previous close at 32 186.41 points.

The Sensex has so far touched a high of 32 328.61 points and a low of 32 187.20 points during the intra-day trade.

The BSE market breadth was slightly bullish -- with 1 254 advances and 1 216 declines.

On Wednesday the benchmark indices closed on a flat-to-negative note as profit booking eroded investors risk-taking appetite.

Consequently the NSE Nifty 50 closed at 10 079.30 points -- down 13.75 points or 0.14 per cent whereas BSE Sensex closed at 32 186.41 points -- up only 27.75 points or 0.09 per cent.

--IANS
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