BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 declined sharply on Friday trade, pressured by rising crude oil prices and persistent foreign fund outflows, which dampened investor sentiment. Weakness in IT stocks, along with a negative global market trend, further added to the downside.

At 10:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 76795.19 down by -868.81 points or by -1.12 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23933.65 down by -239.4 points or by -0.99 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 77710.82 and intraday low of 76758.07 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24206 and intraday low of 23932.25

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3053.40,+0.24%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 785.50,+0.13%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1095.45,+0.12%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1177.85,-5.21%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1221.95,-4.33%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1371.40,-3.45%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2439.50,-3.29%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1628.20,-3.07%), among others.

Auto index was at 56768.15 up by -357.65 points or by -0.63%. Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 9620.15,+0.72%), Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 7107.70,+0.27%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3053.40,+0.24%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5040.00,+0.14%),.

IT index was at 28031.47 down by -1113 points or by -3.82%. Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 871.60,-6.87%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1177.85,-5.21%), Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1158.00,-5.12%), LTM Ltd. (Rs. 4298.50,-4.91%), R Systems International Ltd. (Rs. 267.00,-4.68%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4130 , shares advanced were 1182 while 2737 shares declined and 211 were unchanged.