Mumbai, The BSE Sensex fell on Friday by 169.56 points to end volatile session on a negative note at 36,025.54 on brisk selling in most of the counters despite firm cues from global peers.

The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too declined by 69.25 points to 10,780.55.The Sensex edged higher and hit a fresh intraday high of 36,747.48 in morning trade, only to trim early gains in mid-morning session.

After hovering in a narrow range in early afternoon trade, the indices reversed trend and slipped into negative terrain in mid-afternoon trade and hit fresh intraday low of 35,953.15 in late trade.

The Nifty registered day’s high and low at 10,931.70 and 10,756.45 points, respectively.

The broader markets tumbled, as the BSE Mid-Cap index and Small-Cap fell 1.20 per cent and 1.58 pc, respectively.The market breadth was weaker on BSE, as 704 shares gained compared to fall of 1,831 and 157 were unchanged.

Overseas, European and Asian stocks gained Friday despite fresh overnight uncertainties about US-China trade negotiations.

Asian stocks rallied to a seven-week-high on Friday buoyed by gains in US technology firms as pockets of strength in corporate earnings eased some of the anxiety over the slow down in global economy.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained more than 1 per cent to scale its highest since December 4.

The Shanghai Composite Index was up 0.9 per cent after regulators announced new measures to strengthen Chinese banks’ capital.

Tech-heavy South Korean shares added 1.4 per cent. Australian stocks climbed 0.7 per cent, lifted by higher prices of commodities such as iron ore and crude oil.

Japan’s Nikkei advanced 1 per cent, with scrips of technology companies being boosted by a surge in their US peers.

In US, stocks closed mostly higher Thursday with Nasdaq having risen roughly 0.7 per cent while the S&P-500 edged higher and the Dow closed nominally lower as anxiety about slowing global growth and the Sino-US trade dispute undercut a spate of strong earnings.