Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex) Thursday provisionally closed the day`s trade up 68 points or 0.23 percent.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed the day`s trade flat, up 15.10 points or 0.17 percent at 8,937.75 points (provisionally subject to change).
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 29,436.77 points, closed the day`s trade at 29,448.95 points (at 3.30 p.m.) up 68.22 points or 0.23 percent from the previous day`s close at 29,380.73 points.
The Sensex had touched a high of 29,518.32 points and a low of 29,162.47 points in the intra-day trade.