Mumbai Oct 31 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a marginally lower note during the early morning trade session on Tuesday prompted by weak global cues and selling pressure in IT oil and gas and Teck stocks.
Around 9.18 a.m. the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded lower by 13.45 points or 0.13 per cent at 10 350.20 points.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 33 254.93 points traded at 33 220.46 points -- down 45.70 points or 0.14 per cent -- from Monday s close at 33 266.16 points.
The Sensex has so far touched a high of 33 293.64 points and a low of 33 218.86 points during the intra-day trade.
However the BSE market breadth was bullish -- 906 advances and 528 declines.
On Monday hopes of better quarterly results coupled with a strong rupee and healthy buying in consumer durables automobile and oil and gas stocks lifted the key indices to scale fresh highs both on closing as well as intra-day basis.
The Sensex closed at a fresh high of 33 266.16 points after touching a record high of 33 340.17 points intra-day.
The broader Nifty50 which touched an intra-day record high of 10 384.50 points closed at a new high of 10 363.65 points.
--IANS
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