The Indian benchmark indices recorded a marginal decline at the end of the second trading session of the year as Sensex declined nearly 30 points testing 85,200 and Nifty declined over 10 points to close trade above 26,100.

In the previous trading session, the BSE Sensex rang the first opening bell of the new year above 85,370, climbing more than 150 points, while the NSE Nifty50 started the day near 26,200, jumping a little over 50 points, as of 9:15 AM.