<p>Positive global and domestic cues led the two major indices of the Indian equities markets to scale new highs in Wednesday's intra-day trade.<br /><br />However, the two major indices closed the day's trade flat on the back of profit-booking.<br /><br />The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) touched a new high of 29,786.32 points in the intra-day trade Wednesday -- surpassing its previous high of 29,618.59 points touched only the previous day.<br />The Sensex, however, closed the day's trade flat. It ended 11.86 points or 0.04 percent down at 29,559.18 points.<br /><br />The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too scaled a new high in the day's trade. It touched 8,985.05 points during the intra-day trade surpassing its previous record of 8,925.05 points reached Tuesday. <br /><br />Nifty also closed the day's trade flat. It ended 3.80 points or 0.04 percent up at 8,914.30 points.<br /><br />The S&P BSE Sensex, which opened at 29,565.72 points, closed the day's trade at 29,559.18 points -- down 11.86 points or 0.04 percent from the previous day's close at 29,571.04 points.<br /><br />The Sensex touched a high of 29,786.32 points and a low of 29,417.67 points in intra-day trade.<br /><br />On the BSE, healthy buying was observed in consumer durables, oil and gas and information technology (IT) sectors, while capital goods, metal and automobile stocks came under selling pressure.<br /><br />The S&P BSE consumer durables index gained by 474.51 points, oil and gas index surged by 147.09 points and IT index was up 110.54 points.<br /><br />However, capital goods index plunged 251.37 points, metal index went down by 148.94 points and automobile index was lower by 146.15 points.</p>
<p>Positive global and domestic cues led the two major indices of the Indian equities markets to scale new highs in Wednesday's intra-day trade.<br /><br />However, the two major indices closed the day's trade flat on the back of profit-booking.<br /><br />The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) touched a new high of 29,786.32 points in the intra-day trade Wednesday -- surpassing its previous high of 29,618.59 points touched only the previous day.<br />The Sensex, however, closed the day's trade flat. It ended 11.86 points or 0.04 percent down at 29,559.18 points.<br /><br />The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too scaled a new high in the day's trade. It touched 8,985.05 points during the intra-day trade surpassing its previous record of 8,925.05 points reached Tuesday. <br /><br />Nifty also closed the day's trade flat. It ended 3.80 points or 0.04 percent up at 8,914.30 points.<br /><br />The S&P BSE Sensex, which opened at 29,565.72 points, closed the day's trade at 29,559.18 points -- down 11.86 points or 0.04 percent from the previous day's close at 29,571.04 points.<br /><br />The Sensex touched a high of 29,786.32 points and a low of 29,417.67 points in intra-day trade.<br /><br />On the BSE, healthy buying was observed in consumer durables, oil and gas and information technology (IT) sectors, while capital goods, metal and automobile stocks came under selling pressure.<br /><br />The S&P BSE consumer durables index gained by 474.51 points, oil and gas index surged by 147.09 points and IT index was up 110.54 points.<br /><br />However, capital goods index plunged 251.37 points, metal index went down by 148.94 points and automobile index was lower by 146.15 points.</p>