Bombay:
Benchmark Sensex and Nifty ended lower for a second straight day on Friday amid a weak trend in US markets and losses in index giant Reliance Industries and Hindustan Unilever.
The 30-stock BSE Sensex fell 236.66 points or 0.39 percent to settle at 60,621.77. During the day, it fell 273.18 points, or 0.44 percent, to 60,585.25.
The broader NSE Nifty was down 80.20 points, or 0.44 percent, to close at 18,027.65.
Among the Sensex pack, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were the biggest laggards.
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever fell nearly 4 percent on concerns over increases in royalties and fees for central services for parent company Unilever.
Power Grid, HDFC Bank, HDFC, ITC, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were among the winners.
Elsewhere in Asia, equity markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended in the green.
European benchmarks traded higher during mid-session deals. US markets ended lower on Thursday.
International oil benchmark Brent crude rose 0.82 percent to USD 86.87 a barrel.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital markets, purchasing shares worth Rs 399.98 crore, according to exchange data.
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