Market on Friday | Sensex down 720 pts, Nifty below 24850
Bears dragged Dalal Street deep into the red, while selling pressure in key financial stocks also contributed to heavy losses in the Nifty 50 and Sensex indices, on Friday, July 25.
At close, the Sensex was down 721.08 points or 0.88 percent at 81,463.09, and the Nifty was down 225.10 points or 0.90 percent at 24,837. The Nifty 50 index hit a one-month low in trade.
All sectoral indices, barring pharma and healthcare, sank deep into the red. The Nifty Media index led losses, sinking over 2.5 percent, while the Nifty IT, Metal, Auto, PSU Bank, and Realty indices were over one percent lower each.