India’s equity benchmarks fell sharply and grabbed a two-day winning streak on Friday as investors booked a profit following the recent rally, analysts said. know. Sensex fell as much as 821 points and Nifty hit an intraday low of 17,180 due to losses at Reliance Industries, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and ITC.
The Sensex closed at 765 points or 1.31% at 57,696 and the Nifty 50 index fell 205 points or 1.18% to close at 17,197.
