Equities trade in red on profit booking

December 09, 2021 13:40

The Indian equities markets slipped into the red on Thursday as investors booked profit following a sharp rally in the past two sessions.

The benchmark Sensex slipped around 200 points after gaining 1902 points in the previous two sessions.

The 30-stock S&P BSE Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened on a positive note at 58,831.41 points, 181.73 points higher than the previous close at 58,649.68 points.

However, the market turned volatile on profit booking. The benchmark Sensex slipped to a low of 58,340.85 points in the intra-day after touching a high of 58,889.96 points in the intra-day trade. The Sensex has fluctuated by 500 points.

At around noon the Sensex was trading at 58,535.63 points, 0.19 per cent or 114.05 points lower than the previous day's close.

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