BSE Sensex provisionally closes down 0.2 pct

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex (^BSESN : 18710.13 +65.07) provisionally closed 0.2 percent lower on Friday, on caution ahead of U.S. August employment report, with Reliance Industries (RELIANCE.NS : 963.1 +0.8) leading the losses.

The 30-share BSE index provisionally ended down 0.16 percent, or 29.53 points, at 18,208.78 points with 17 components of the 30-share BSE index losing ground.

The 50-share NSE (^NSEI : 5614.85 +10.85) index provisionally closed down 0.2 percent at 5,476.75 points.

(Reporting by Ami Shah; Editing by Harish Nambiar)

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