Before the long weekend, trading in limited scope in the domestic markets was seen today. In today’s trading, the Nifty continued to shine within the 30-point range, while the Sensex was trading in a scope of 130 points. Finally the Sensex and the Nifty were flat and closed.

However, good purchases were seen in mid-caps and smallcap stocks. BSE’s mid-cap index has climbed 0.8 percent, while the Nifty mid-cap 100 Index has gained 0.6 percent. BSE’s smallcap index closed nearly 0.5 percent higher.

BSE’s 30-share index Sensex closed at a level of 31,596, with a marginal increase of 28 points i.e. 0.1 percent. On the other hand, NSE’s 50-share index Nifty rose 4.5 points to close at 9,857 level flat.