Nifty and Sensex were severely impacted and ended the trading session beyond a 1% loss. While Sensex was 447.60 points (1.38%) in the red, the Nifty50 ended on 9964.40, down by 157.50 points (1.56%) and well beyond the 10,000 figure mark.
On the thirty scrip sensitive index, only Wipro (up by 1% at 294.05) and Coal India (up by 0.12% at 253.90) managed to show some respite. Stocks such as ICICI Bank (- 2.77%), LT (-3.49%), and Tata Steel (-4.70%) were bleeding in the red.
On the broader BSE, most indices ended with an average 1.5% loss. Sensex Next50 was down by 2.95% down, while midcap was down by 2.71%. Small Cap too was bleeding in the red by 2.93%.
Among sector specifics, Information Technology and Teck stocks were the face savers, showing a loss of -0.84%. Basic Materials (-3.55%), Capital Goods (-3.29%) and Manufacturing (-2.68%) were the worst sectors to invest in the day.
Thursday's star performer Ipca Labs got drubbed in Friday's session. The scrip was down by 50.30 points. IB Realties too was down by nearly 20 points.
With all the drubbing, D-Street did emerge with a handful shining stocks. Technology stocks such as Cyient (up by 1.60%), HCL Technologies ((up by 1.25%), Vakrangee Software (up by 1.19%), were some of the examples. Rajesh Exports (up by 1.58%), and DB Corp (by by 1.20%) were the other top gainers in the trading session.
