Mumbai March 9 (IANS) Paring entire gains of the day the key Indian equity indices provisionally closed in the red as a sell-off in metals banking and healthcare stocks among others subdued investors risk-taking appetite.
The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) fell by 15.80 points or 0.15 per cent to provisionally close at 10 226.85 points (at 3.30 p.m.).
The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 33 465.05 points closed at 33 307.14 points -- down 44.43 points or 0.13 per cent from its previous session s close.
The Sensex touched a high of 33 519.49 points and a low of 33 256.42 during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth turned bearish as 1 592 stocks declined as against 1 129 advances.
On Thursday value buying by investors along with positive global markets on the back of easing of trade war fears propelled the key indices after six sessions of losses.
The Sensex closed at 33 351.57 points up 318.48 points or 0.96 per cent while the Nifty50 rose by 88.45 points or 0.87 per cent to close at 10 242.65 points.
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