Sensex ends flats on profit booking

The BSE Sensex closed flat at

31,662.74 after a volatile trade as jittery investors booked

profits at every rise amid deepening worries over North Korea.

The broader NSE Nifty ended up by 13.70 points, or 0.14

per cent, at 9,929.90, after moving between 9,964.85 and

9,917.20.

The benchmark Sensex had opened higher at 31,738.74 and

scaled the day's high of 31,814.96 in early trade, taking

positive leads from Asian markets.

Emergence of profit-booking dragged the index to a low of

31,620.44 later before settling with a marginal rise of 0.77

point, at 31,662.74. The gauge had lost 147.86 points in the

previous session.

Brokers said buying by domestic institutional investors

(DIIs) cushioned any major fall despite sustained capital

outflows by foreign funds.

The rupee offered some relief, trading higher by 12 paise

at 63.98 (intra-day) against the dollar at the forex market.

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