Key Indian equity markets end lower

The key Indian equity markets provisionally ended lower on Tuesday.

At 3.43 p.m., the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE provisionally closed the day's trade at 34,346.39 points -- down 99.36 points, or 0.29 per cent, from its previous close of 34,445.75 points.

Similarly, the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed lower by 28.30 points, or 0.27 per cent to 10,554.30 points.

In the intra-day trade, the S&P BSE Sensex touched a high of 34,610.79 points and a low of 34,314.87 points.

--IANS

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