BSE Sensex flat; NMDC gains, Wipro falls

Reuters Market Eye - The Sensex and the Nifty were flat in trade. Software services exporter Wipro Ltd falls 2.5 percent while NMDC gains 2.9 percent after India Index Services & Products Ltd said both companies would be removed from the Nifty starting on April 1.

Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd fall 2.5 percent after MSCI said it would remove the auto maker from its MSCI India index as of the close of trade on February 28.

India will release monthly WPI inflation data for January on Thursday around 12 p.m. Inflation likely eased again in January to its lowest level in over three years due to a smaller rise in prices for manufactured goods, according to a Reuters poll.

 

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)