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MUMBAI: Equities ended on a flat note Thursday after a dull session on account of July series F&O expiry. Investors were also cautious ahead of inflation data to be out later in the day. Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 14,334.31, up 47.10 points or 0.33 per cent. It touched a high of 14,369.59 and low of 14,161.76.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4,321.80, up 8.25 points or 0.19 per cent. The index touched a high of 4,342 and low of 4,285.55. BSE Midcap ended 0.41 per cent lower at 5,558.31 and BSE Smallcap Index closed 0.35 per cent lower at 6,903.25.

Biggest Sensex gainers were Tata Power (5.06%), DLF (4.36%), Tata Steel (3.96%), Reliance Industries (2.17%), State Bank of India (1.64%) and BHEL (1.26%). Losers comprised Grasim Industries (-4.34%), Maruti Suzuki (-3.18%), Wipro (-2.71%), Bharti Airtel (-2.22%), ACC (-1.84%) and Infosys Technologies (-1.4%). Market breadth was negative with 1356 declines against 1266 advances on BSE.