Mumbai, Sep 2 (Inditop.com) Indian equities markets continued to languish Wednesday as trading remained dull about an hour before closing bell, with a key index ruling 20 points down from its previous close.

At 2.31 p.m., the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 15,482.05 points, was trading at 15,531.13 points, down 20.06 points or 0.13 percent below Tuesday’s close at 15,551.19 points.

Around the same time, the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was ruling flat at 4,626.95 points, up only 0.03 percent.

Broader market indices also lost, with the BSE midcap index ruling 0.48 percent lower and the BSE smallcap index down 0.19 percent.