New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The sell-off in the Indian stock market intensified on Friday, September 26, as fresh headwinds continued to weigh on Dalal Street, with investors turning cautious, shunning riskier bets, and pushing equities to multi-month lows.

Although markets opened the session with a mild cut, the sell-off deepened during the second half of trading. The Nifty 50 extended its losing streak to a sixth consecutive session, falling another 0.95% to settle at 24,654 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex closed at 80,426, down 0.90% from the previous close.

For the week, the Nifty 50 ended down 2.65%, marking its biggest weekly drop in the last six months and erasing 90% of the gains made after the GST reforms announced on September 3. ...