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Equity indices trade lower; Sensex down by over 450 pts

At 10 a.m., the 30-scrip sensitive index traded at 60,690.03 points, down 453.30 points or 0.74 percent.

IANS | Mumbai | October 28, 2021 11:48 am

Negative global cues pulled India’s key equity indices – S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 – lower during Thursday’s early-morning trade session.

At 10 a.m., the 30-scrip sensitive index traded at 60,690.03 points, down 453.30 points or 0.74 percent.

The Sensex opened at 61,081 points from its previous close of 61,143.33 points.

Besides, the NSE Nifty50 traded at 18,070.40 points, lower by 140.55 points or 0.77 percent.

It opened at 18,187.65 points from its previous close of 18,210.95 points.

Both the benchmark indices closed the session with positive gains experiencing a notable recovery from its lows on Tuesday.

At the close, the Sensex fell by 1.2 per cent or 942 points to 78782.24, while the Nifty dropped 1.27 per cent or 309 points to 23995.35.

At close, the Sensex was down 426.85 points or 0.53% at 79,942.18, and the Nifty was down 126 points or 0.51% at 24,340.85.