Mumbai, Oct 23 (Inditop.com) The key inddices of the Indian equities markets ended flat Friday after declining gradually from the day’s highs.

The benchmark index was also pulled down by selling of the Reliance Industries scrip, which ended 3.84 percent down at Rs.2,051.70 after its foreign partner in the D9 block of Krishna Godavari basin, Hardy Oil and Gas, said it had encountered problems at one of its drilling wells at the gas find.

The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,795.66 points, shut shop at 16,807.83 points — 18.09 points or a mere 0.11 percent higher than Thursday’s close at 16,789.74 points.

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, followed a similar trajectory and was trading in the positive at 4,998.7 points, up 0.2 percent.

Broader market indices did better with the BSE midcap index ruling 1.13 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index 0.34 percent up.