Mumbai April 6 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices traded on flat on Friday with marginal negative bias taking cues from benchmark Asian indices.
Both the BSE Sensex and the the NSE Nifty50 traded lower.
"Market taking cues from their key Asian counterparts traded in a narrow range " said Dhruv Desai Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tradebulls.
Around 12.45 p.m. the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded lower by 12.90 points or 0.12 per cent at 10 312.25 points.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensex of the BSE which opened at 33 608.59 points traded at 33 581.42 points -- down 15.38 points or 0.05 per cent from its previous session s close.
The Sensex has so far touched a high of 33 623.35 points and a low of 33 501.37 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was however bullish with 1 442 advances and 1 014 declines.
Sun Pharma ICICI Bank Dr. Reddy Tata Motors and ITC were the top gainers on the BSE. Among the losers on the BSE Bharti Airtel Infosys Larsen and Toubro Axis Bank and Hindustan Unilever topped the chart.
On the NSE Lupin BPCL and Tata Motors led the gainers while Bharti Airtel Infosys and Vedanta were among the top losers so far.
--IANS
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