The Nifty 50 ended the session with a drop of 0.54%, settling at 23,442 points, while the Sensex wrapped up the session with a drop of 0.40%, at the 77,312 level. It was the mid- and small-cap stocks that continued to be hammered by investors sharply in Friday's session.

BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Thursday. While BSE Sensex was below the 78,000 mark

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended in the red. Nifty 50 closed at 23,526.50, while Sensex ended at 77,620.21.TCS, IREDA, Mahanagar as, MAzagon Dock, Polyplex Corporation, Tata Elexsi,