RBI Policy, Feb. 6 -- The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, continued trading in the red on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (RBI MPC) decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%. The MPC also maintained a neutral policy stance. RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra further highlighted that the Indian economy remains on a strong footing.

Following the policy announcement, benchmarks fell to their day's low but later pared losses to trade around 0.3% lower.

The Sensex fell as much as 368 points, or 0.44%, to its day's low of 82,945.56, while the Nifty 50 shed 136 points, or 0.53%, to its intra-day low of 25,504.6. Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap index underperformed benchamarks, tum...