Buying support lifts Indian equities

Indian equities markets traded on a flat-to-positive note during the early morning trade session on Friday, as healthy buying was witnessed in consumer durables, banking and IT stocks.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up by 9.80 points or 0.11 per cent, to 8,788.20 points.

The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 28,367.17 points, traded at 28,345.32 points (9.55 a.m.) -- up 15.62 points or 0.06 per cent from the previous close at 28,329.70 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 28,456.18 points and a low of 28,319.47 points during the intra-day trade so far.