Sensex plummets, closes flat (Second Lead)

October 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index fell sharply towards closing bell Thursday and ended flat after having gained more than 191 points during the day. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 16,908.02 points, shut shop at 16,800.53 points (provisional), down 6.13 points or 0.04 percent from Wednesday's closing figure of 16,806.66 points.

October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index took a sharp dive in the last minutes of trade and ended Wednesday almost a percent down. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 17,069.42 points, shut shop at 16,788.67 points (provisional), down 169.87 points or 1 percent from Tuesday's closing figure of 16,958.54 points.

October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index took a sharp dive in the last minutes of trade and ended Wednesday 0.9 percent down. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 17,069.42 points, shut shop at 16,806.66 points, down 151.88 points or 0.9 percent from Tuesday's closing figure of 16,958.54 points.

October 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of Indian equities markets closed flat Thursday, losing marginally from its previous close. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex, which opened at 17,186.2 points, shut shop at 17,116 points (provisional), down 10.84 points from Wednesday's closing figure of 17,126.84 points.

September 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets fell sharply in afternoon trade Tuesday, wiping out a 1.6 percent gain garnered in previous sessions. At 2.12 p.m., the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 15,691.27 points, was trading at 15,535.84 points, down 107 points or 0.68 percent.

August 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets, which rose about 120 points in the last 30 minutes of trade Wednesday, gave up most of the gains but still closed in the green, 42 points up over its last close. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 15,882.39 points, ended trade at 15,873.85 points (provisional), up 42.87 points or 0.27 percent.

July 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed on a flat note Thursday as investors booked profits towards the closing bell. It closed about 11.69 points in the red.

June 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed on a disappointing note Thursday, shutting shop 56 points below its previous close after rising 156 points during the day's trading. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,476.15 points, ended trade at 14,366.07 points (provisional) - 56.66 points or 0.39 percent lower than Wednesday's close.

June 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets bounced back Wednesday after staying flat in earlier sessions to shut shop higher than its previous close. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,376.82 points, ended trade at 14,410.48 points (provisional) - 86.47 points or 0.6 percent lower than Tuesday's close.

June 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed almost flat Tuesday after staging a late recovery to shut shop about 50 points below its previous close. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,147.87 points, ended trade at 14,276.46 points (provisional) - 49.76 points or 0.35 percent lower than Monday's close.

June 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets plummeted towards closing bell to shut shop Wednesday 484 points in the red. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Sensex, which opened at 14,978.5 points, fell 484.20 points or 3.24 percent to end trade at 14,473.71 points (provisional).

June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Trading at Indian equities markets came to a tame end with a key index struggling to make a comeback and ending 92 points in the red Thursday. Though the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Sensex, tried to make a comeback from the days's low, it closed 91.91 points down at 15,374.9 points (provisional), 0.59 percent lower than Wednesday's close.

June 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets fought its way back into the green Thursday to close above the 15,000-mark, first time since Sep 2, 2008. It had ruled in the red for most parts of the day.

June 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets closed higher Monday, with a key index soaring in the last hour to end trade near its nine-month high. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 14,746.51 points, ended at 14,850.62 points (provisional) - 225.37 points or 1.54 percent above Friday's close.

February 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets ended trade marginally down Tuesday with a key index closing flat after recovering from early losses. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange which opened at 8,707.35 points, closed at 8,822.06 points, down 21.15 points or 0.24 percent.