Asia stocks mixed after flat Wall Street trading (AP)

World stock markets were mostly lower Thursday, as renewed worries over Europe's banking system and a strong yen weighed on investor sentiment.Benchmark oil fell below $103 per barrel while the dollar ...

By Equitymaster: With selling activity picking up great speed towards the end of the session, indices in the Indian stock markets closed the day deep in the red. Sensex lost to the tune of 405 points (down 2.3%) whereas NSE-Nifty edged lower by 137 points. BSE Mid cap and BSE Small cap indices closed lower by 2.3% and 1.7% respectively. Almost all the stocks on the BSE-Sensex closed the day in the red.

Equitymaster submits: Indices were seen building on to their gains during the closing hours of trade and as a result, the Indian stock market has closed in the positive yet again today. The BSE-Sensex has closed with gains of around 150 points whereas NSE-Nifty logged in gains to the tune of 42 points (up 0.8%). Gains were also seen in BSE Midcap and BSE Small cap indices as both closed higher by 0.7% and 0.8% respectively.