Mumbai. Domestic stock markets opened in decline on Friday amid positive signals from abroad. Selling in private banks put pressure on the market. There was a decline in companies in reality, chemical, pharma and health sectors. At the same time, buying was seen in IT companies. Due to this, there was a volatile trend in the market after opening in decline. Meanwhile, the rupee is under pressure today and is currently down 13 paise at Rs 90.03 per dollar.

BSE’s 30-share sensitive index Sensex opened with a fall of 178.87 points at 84,022.09 points. Later it also went into the green mark for some time. At the time of writing, it was down 17.22 points (0.02 percent) at 84,163.74 points compared to the previous day. After opening at 25,840.40 points, down 36.45 points, the Nifty 50 index of the National Stock Exchange was at 25,884.80 points, up 7.95 points or 0.03 percent at the time of writing.

Indices of medium and small companies have been in the red since the beginning, which indicates negative investment sentiment in the broader market. ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma and NTPC contributed more to the Sensex fall. Whereas, shares of Eternal, Infosys, Bajaj Finance and HCL Technologies were up.

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