Indian blue-chip equity indices closed marginally higher on Wednesday as broad-based profit booking offset gains in IT stocks. The NSE Nifty 50 ended 0.02% higher at 24,143 points, and the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.19% to close at 79,105. The movement followed soft US producer price data, which signaled cooling inflation and offered little deviation from expectations for a September start to interest rate cuts.
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