Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) A key index for Indian equities Thursday ended 25 points lower on a dull day of trade.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,750.51 points, ended at 17,730.24 points (provisional), 25.7 points or 0.14 percent down from its previous close at 17,755.94 points.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5,320.6 points, down 0.05 percent from its previous close at 5,323.15 points.

Broader markets indices too were lacklustre. The BSE midcap index closed 0.12 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index 0.17 percent up.