India, March 21 -- The stock market fell into the red as the trading session began on Friday, March 21, ending the four-day rally of opening in green.

IT, mid and small cap telecom, and consumer durables stocks fell the most.

At 9.15 am, the benchmark BSE Sensex was down by 200.96 points or 0.26 per cent, reaching 76,147.10. The broader NSE Nifty opened 44.60 points down or 0.19 per cent in the red, reaching 23,146.05.

Among the 30 Sensex stocks, Infosys fell the most upon open by 2.12 percent, trading at Rs.1,580. This was followed by Tata Consultancy Services, which was down 1.76 percent, trading at Rs.3,499.95, and Zomato, which was down by 1.67 percent, trading at Rs.220.75.

However, only 8 of the Sensex stocks were in the red.

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