Mkts crash before end, Sensex below 13K

New Delhi: After a spectacular pullback on Thursday, the markets opened on bearish note with moderate loss on Friday.

And after trading in red for most of the day, the markets crumbled sharply on the back of selling pressure and ended the week in deep red.

At 15.47 hrs IST, the Sensex was down 273.42 points or 2.08 per cent at 12886.13, and the Nifty was down 84.45 points or 2.22 per cent at 3726.75.

About 897 shares have advanced, 1628 shares declined, and 52 shares are unchanged.

All the BSE indices closed down. BSE Midcap closed down 56.35 points or 1.02 per cent at 5,466.24 and BSE Smallcap ended down 67.05 points or 1 per cent at 6,645.81.

BSE Auto index ended down 54 points or 1.07 per cent at 5,015.88. Asahi India, Hind Motors and M&M were hardest hit.

BSE Bankex was down 137.17 points or 2.08 per cent at 6,447.33. Union Bank, SBI and BOB were the top losers.

BSE Consumer Durable index ended down 9.60 points or 0.27 per cent at 3,571.49. Blue star, Samtel declined most.

BSE Capital Good index lose 273.98 points or 3.05 per cent and closed in red at 8,723.25. L&T, Siemens and Bharat Electronics were top losers.

BSE FMCG index was down 30.01 points or 1.68 per cent at 1,755.94. ITC, Tata Tea and Nestle declined most.

BSE Pharma Index closed down 32.37 points or 0.92 per cent at 3,490.18. Divis lab, Biocon and Wockhardt were top losers.

BSE IT index ended down 117.30 points or 2.31 per cent at 4,954.05. Mphasis, TCS and Wipro ended in red with deepest cut.

BSE Metal index closed down 103.03 points or 1.21 per cent at 8,423.10. Hin Zinc, SAIL and JSW Steel were top losers.

BSE Oil & Gas index ended down 145.91 points or 2.30 per cent at 6,192.91. Reliance, Petronet and BPCL were worst hit.