After three consecutive days of falls, a benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), again provisionally closed 45 points or 0.17 percent down during the trade session on Friday.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed in the negative zone. It closed the day's trade down 16 points or 0.20 percent at 8,114.70 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 26,819.82 points, closed the trade at 26,768.49 points (at 3.35 p.m.), down 44.93 points or 0.17 percent from the previous day's close at 26,813.42 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 27,014.42 points and a low of 26,718.44 points in the intra-day trade.