The Sensex and the Nifty on Thursday added marginally amid mixed cues from global share markets. The Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange closed near 55,700 points while the Nifty at National Stock Exchange remained below 16,700 level.
The Sensex gained 33 points, or 0.06 per cent to finish at 55,702 while the Nifty appreciated five points, or 0.03 per cent, to close at 16,683.
In the forex market, the rupee strengthened 16 paise against the US dollar. The domestic currency was closed at 76 rupees and 26 paise against the American Unit.
Gold prices rose 815 rupees at Multi-Commodity Exchange for June contracts. The precious metal was trading at 51,425 rupees per 10 grams.
Silver prices also gained 1,605 rupees to 63,720 rupees per kilogram for May Contracts when reports last came in.
Oil prices rose one per cent. In intra-day trade, Brent crude was trading around 111 dollars and 30 cents per barrel.
In global share markets, Asian stocks traded mixed. China’s Shanghai Composite index gained 0.7 per cent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.4 per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times fell 0.2 per cent.
Trade did not take place in South Korea’s KOSPI and Japan’s NIKKEI-225. European share markets were up in intra-day trade.
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