Equities close flat; healthcare, banks stocks in green (Second Lead)

Mumbai Sep 14 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices -- the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 -- provisionally closed on a flat note on Thursday with healthy buying in healthcare and banking stocks.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was up 7.30 points or 0.07 per cent to provisionally close (at 3.30 p.m.) at 10 086.60 points.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 32 289.26 points closed at 32 241.93 points -- up 55.52 points or 0.17 per cent from its previous close at 32 186.41 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 32 328.61 points and a low of 32 186.84 points during the intra-day trade.

The BSE market breadth was slightly bullish -- with 1 311 advances and 1 305 declines.

On Wednesday the NSE Nifty50 fell by 13.75 points or 0.14 per cent to close at 10 079.30 points whereas BSE Sensex closed at 32 186.41 points -- up only 27.75 points or 0.09 per cent.

--IANS
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