Equity indices subdued, aviation stocks gain

Sep 03, 2020

New Delhi, Sept 03 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded flat with a positive bias during early hours on Thursday with aviation stocks on an upswing. At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex up by 70 points or 0.18 per cent at 39,156 while the Nifty 50 gained by 27 points or 0.23 per cent at 11,562. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty auto gaining by 1.2 per cent and IT by 0.9 per cent. Aviation stocks gained ground after the government permitted airlines to increase the number of passenger flights to 60 per cent of their pre-COVID capacity.