Market Live Updates Today: Indian indices opened flat today on the back of mixed global cues, Asian indices are trading mixed following flat closing from the US markets.
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Indian indices opened flat today on the back of mixed global cues. Asian indices are trading mixed following flat closing from the US markets. The Nifty futures were trading higher around 15,243 level on the Singaporean Exchange. Indian indices opened flat on February 18 on the back of mixed global cues.
At 09:02 IST, the Sensex was up 11.16 points or 0.02% at 51,714.99, and the Nifty was up 77.90 points or 0.51% at 15,286.80.
At 09:16 IST, the Sensex was down 12.92 points or 0.02% at 51,690.91, and the Nifty was down 2.20 points or 0.01% at 15,206.70. About 862 shares have advanced, 346 shares declined, and 61 shares are unchanged.
Stocks like Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Overseas Bank, and Bank of India were locked in the upper circuit of 20 percent each on privatization buzz were some of the stocks in focus. Benchmark indices are trading flat with positive bias in the pre-opening session.
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