Bengaluru, August 16 (Reuters):Indian shares were little changed on Monday, as cautious investors weighed a possible slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy, while budget carrier SpiceJet dropped after reporting a wider quarterly loss.
By 0403 GMT, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was down 0.06% at 16,519.70 and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) fell 0.05% to 55,411.63. Both the indexes had closed at record highs on Friday and posted a weekly gain of more than 1%.
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SpiceJet (SPJT.NS) fell as much as 16.7% after the company reported a quarterly net loss of 7.29 billion rupees ($98.13 million), compared with a loss of 5.93 billion rupees a year ago.
Investors are also eyeing stock market debuts by four companies — Devyani International (DEVY.NS), Krsnaa Diagnostics (KRSN.NS), Windlas Biotech (WINL.NS) and Exxaro Tiles (EXXA.NS).
($1 = 74.2900 Indian rupees)
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Source: Reuters
