Markets stay volatile, Sensex marginally up (Second Lead)

MUMBAI - Trading at Indian equities markets continued to be volatile Thursday, with a key index marginally up about an hour before the closing bell.

At 2.38 p.m., the 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex, which opened at 17,186.2 points, was at 17,113.37 points, up 9.21 points or 0.05 percent.

The S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading marginally in the red at 5,082.25 points, down 0.03 percent.

Broader market indices were trading mixed, with the BSE midcap index 0.23 percent lower and the BSE smallcap index up 0.12 percent.