Mumbai: The SENSEX opened fractionally lower and later witnessed extremely narrow movements in keeping with a narrowly mixed trend at early stages on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on April 12 on alternate bouts of buying and selling.

The BSE Sensitive Index opened down at 3,496.39 as against April 11 close of 3,497.67 and later fluctuated in a range between 3,510.03 and 3,488.62 before being quoted at 3,509.56 at 10.30 hours (IST).

Activity was at as low ebb and operators were confined to only small transactions in select counters. However, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were believed to have been making fresh purchases in some second-rung counters.

PTI