Equity benchmark indices were subdued during early hours on Friday in line with global cues as traders indulged in profit booking.
At 10:15 am, the BSE S & P Sensex was down by 57 points to 41,249 while the Nifty 50 slipped by 11 points at 12,127. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty pharma up by 1.2%.
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However, power utility major NTPC gained by 2.6%. Hero MotoCorp, UPL and Titan too traded with a positive bias.
Meanwhile, Asian share markets slipped and oil price gains stalled as the growing death toll and economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak capped the week’s sharp rally.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan fell by 0.7%. Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi were in the red.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell by 0.6% and the Shanghai Composite was 0.1% weaker.
(With ANI Inputs)