Equities close flat after choppy session, Asian Paints up 4.6 pc

Aug 07, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 07 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices ended flat after an extremely volatile trading session on Friday as the country's coronavirus infections crossed 20 lakh mark. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 15 points or 0.04 per cent at 38,041 while the Nifty 50 was up by 14 points or 0.12 per cent at 11,214. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with thing margins but Nifty IT dipped by over 1 per cent. Among stocks, HCL Technologies was down by 2.1 per cent to Rs 689.90 per share while Infosys cracked by 1.9 per cent to Rs 951.65, Wipro by 0.6 per cent to Rs 277.95 and Tata Consultancy Services by 0.5 per cent to Rs 2,295. Asian Paints gained by 4.6 per cent to close at Rs 1,807.80 per share.