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Indian markets ended the session on Friday down by over 0.8 per cent on heavy selling in banking, PSU and auto stocks amid firm global cues.
The markets were in for a volatile run in the afternoon trading session after the RBI's credit policy announcement of 25 bps rate cut earlier in the day. The central bank, however, left the cash reserve ratio unchanged at 4 per cent.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 160.13 points (0.81 per cent) at 19,575.64 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 55.35 points (0.92 per cent) at 5,944.
Banking, PSU and auto stocks fell the most with each down by over 1.5 per cent, followed by realty 1.39 per cent and consumer durables 1.06 per cent.
On the other hand, metal and capital goods supported the Sensex with metal index up 1.44 per cent and capital goods 0.92 per cent.
Among 30-share Sensex, Jindal Steel, Hindalco, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma and Sterlite were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were Tata Motors, SBI, GAIL, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto.
European shares were unchanged ahead of US jobs report to be released later today, while Asian shares were little changed.
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