Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) A day after it gained around 200 points, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), provisionally closed 47 points or 0.17 percent down on Thursday.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed in the red. It ended the day’s trade down by 2.25 points or 0.03 percent at 8,421 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 27,885.36 points, closed the day’s trade at 27,790.01 points (at 3.30 p.m.) — down 47.20 points or 0.17 percent from the previous day’s close at 27,837.21 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 27,911.44 points and a low of 27,712.73 points in the intra-day trade.