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Indian shares provisionally close down 2.3 pct

Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:05am EDT

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MUMBAI, July 10 (Reuters) - Indian shares provisionally fell 2.3 percent on Friday on course to their biggest weekly fall this year, weighed down by concerns over the monsoons and doubts about a recovery in the global economy.

But Infosys Technologies (INFY.BO) India's No. 2 software exporter provisionally rose 3.1 percent to 1,728 rupees after it posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit.

The 30-share BSE Index .BSESN provisionally closed down 318.74 points at 13,438.72, with 25 components losing.

The 50-share NSE Index provisionally ended down 2.27 percent at 3,988.30 points. (Reporting by Janaki Krishnan)



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