Profit booking subdues equity markets (Second Lead)

Mumbai Sep 29 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices on Friday closed on a flat-to-positive note as profit booking along with caution ahead of upcoming macro-economic data points eroded investors risk-taking appetite.

According to market observers caution over ahead of the RBI s monetary policy review and a long weekend also forced investors to vacate some of their positions.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed at 9 788.60 points -- up 19.65 points or 0.20 per cent.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index of the BSE which opened at 31 367.25 points provisionally closed at 31 283.72 points -- up 1.24 points (at 3.30 p.m.) from its previous close at 31 282.48 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 31 523.87 points and a low of 31 243.71 points during intra-day trade.

--IANS
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