Mumbai, Nov. 21 -- The domestic equity markets ended lower on Friday as profit-taking emerged on domestic bourses after a two-day winning streak. Across the board selling led the Nifty to close below the 26,100 level. Barring FMCG, all other sectoral indices ended in the red with capital goods, realty, PSU Bank, metal recording significant decline.

The S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 400.76 points, or 0.47%, to 85,231.92, while the Nifty 50 fell 124 points, or 0.47%, to 26,068.15.

JSW Steel (down 2.91%), Hindalco (down 2.81%), Tata Steel (down 2.59%), Bajaj Finance (down 2.29%) and HCL Technologies (down 2.22%) were among major losers.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index, both fell 1.30%.

The market...