WASHINGTON: Keeping aside positive Asian peers, domestic bourses ended last trading session of week marginally lower. The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ended 98 points down at 25,301, on Friday, and the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed 34 points lower at 7,750. On Thursday, the Sensex had closed 305 points down at 25,400 and the Nifty had ended 87 points lower at 7,783.
After opening at 25,408, the benchmark index Sensex touched 25,506 mark on the positive side while it touched 25,512 mark on the negative side in the intraday trade. In the broader markets, BSE Smallcap index declined 0.5 per cent while Midcap index tumbled 0.8 per cent.
All the BSE sectoral indices, except FMCG, closed in the negative zone with Realty index leading the declines, down 1.4 per cent. FMCG index increased 0.2 per cent. Top gainers in the Sensex-30 pack: Adani Ports (up 3.5 per cent), ITC (up 1.6 per cent), ONGC (up 1.4 per cent), NTPC (up 1 per cent), and Bajaj Auto (up 0.8 per cent).
Top losers in the Sensex-30 pack: Lupin (down 9.1 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 2.4 per cent), Reliance Industries (down 1.7 per cent), M&M (down 1.2 per cent) and Cipla (down 1 per cent). The domestic Rupee was trading seven paise down at 67.43 against the US Dollar.
