Indian equities markets open flat

Mumbai Feb 27 (IANS) Indian equities markets opened on a flat note on Monday even as healthy buying was witnessed in oil and gas energy and consumer durables sectors.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up by 5.80 points or 0.06 per cent to 8 945.30 points.

The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 28 910.50 points traded at 28 928.87 points (at 9.30 a.m) -- up 35.90 points or 0.12 per cent from the previous close at 28 892.97 points.

The Sensex has so far touched a high of 28 931.53 points and a low of 28 812.88 points during the intra-day trade.

The BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the bulls -- with 1 008 advances and 548 declines.

On February 23 the benchmark indices closed on a flat-to-positive note as inflow of foreign funds and rupee appreciation buoyed investors sentiments.

The NSE Nifty rose by 12.60 points or 0.14 per cent to close at 8 939.50 points and the BSE Sensex was up 28.26 points or 0.10 per cent at 28 892.97 points.

--IANS
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