North Korea’s latest missile test that flew in the face of UN sanctions kept the market on its toes as the Sensex ON Friday ended with a measly gain, helped by a flurry of late buying. In effect, this brought up the seventh day of gains back to back for the BSE benchmark index.
The Korean peninsula took limelight after North Korea fired another missile over Japan that landed in the Pacific Ocean, further ratcheting up geo-political tensions. The 30-share Sensex was in the red for much part of the session, but later turned positive to close up 30.68 points, or 0.10 per cent,at 32,272.61.
The gauge rallied 579.96 points in the previous six sessions, on the back of continuous capital inflows by domestic institutional investors (DIIs). The 50-share NSE Nifty, however, was little changed, ending 1.20 points down -- or 0.01 per cent -- at 10,085.40 after hovering between 10,043.65 and 10,115.15.