New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Indian stock market settled lower by over 1% on Friday amid a highly volatile session.
Sensex tumbled 1,048.16 points, or 1.25%, to close at 82,626.76 while Nifty dipped 336.10 points, or 1.3% to settle at 25,471.10.
Among the sectors, all the indices ended into the negative territory. Nifty Metal was down 3.31%, Realty was down 2.23%, FMCG down by 1.90%, Oil and Gas down by 1.88%, IT down by 1.44%, consumer durables down by 1.29%, and private bank down by 1.02%. Further, Nifty bank and financial services indices declined by 0.91% each.
On Nifty50, only five stocks ended in the green namely Bajaj Finance up by 3.09%, Eicher Motors up by 1.56%), SBI Life Insurance Company up by 0.84%, SBI up by 0.33%, and Cipla u...