Sensex Today | Stock Market Live: GIFT Nifty hints a positive start; US market fall, Asia mixed
Market on Friday | Nifty at 23,150, Sensex crashes 1,470 pts
Bears tightened their grip on Dalal Street, dragging Nifty below 23,150 intraday on March 13 amid broad-based selling as rising geopolitical tensions pushed crude oil prices higher.
At close, the Sensex was down 1,470.50 points or 1.93 percent at 74,563.92, and the Nifty was down 488.05 points or 2.06 percent at 23,151.10.
Broader indices underperformed the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap and Smallcap each falling 2.5%.
Both BSE Sensex and Nifty declined more than 5 percent each during the week, recording their biggest weekly fall in more than a year.
Hindalco, L&T, Tata Steel, UltraTech Cement, JSW Steel were among biggest losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Tata Consumer, HUL, Bharti Airtel.
All other sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, PSU Bank, metal, media, PSU Bank down 3-4%.
