Except Nifty IT, all the sectoral gauges on the National Stock Exchange fell, with the Nifty Media, Realty and PSU Bank falling the most. The broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices as the BSE MidCap and SmallCap ended 2.13% and 2.4% down respectively.

With today's fall, Sensex and Nifty have entered in a correction phase. From its 52-week high of 85,978.25 (touched in September 2024), Sensex has crashed 8,599.34 points or 10 per cent. Likewise, the Nifty 50 index has fallen 2,

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended in the red. Nifty 50 closed at 23,526.50, while Sensex ended at 77,620.21.TCS, IREDA, Mahanagar as, MAzagon Dock, Polyplex Corporation, Tata Elexsi,

The BSE Sensex was trading 161.87 points or 0.21 per cent lower at 77,458.34. Nifty stood at 23,448.55, down 77.95 points or 0.33 per cent. Midcap and smallcap indices fell up to 1.8 per cent.

The broader market, comprising mid-small cap indices, reflected the overall negative sentiment in the market with losses of 0.3 and 0.5 percent, respectively.

The Nifty 50 ended the session with a drop of 0.54%, settling at 23,442 points, while the Sensex wrapped up the session with a drop of 0.40%, at the 77,312 level. It was the mid- and small-cap stocks that continued to be hammered by investors sharply in Friday's session.

Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex failed to maintain their early momentum on Friday, slipping into the red for the third consecutive session as 12 out of 13 sectoral indices saw losses, primarily due to declines in public sector banks and metals.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 23,583 level, a discount of nearly 63 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.