Indian market snapped six-day winning streak and dragged Nifty near 25,700, intraday, amid selling across the sectors barring metal and telecom names.


Amid positive global cues, the market opened on a positive note buy failed to hold on to the gains and witnessed extended selling as the day progressed, dragging Nifty to day's low of 25,718.20.

At close, the Sensex was down 344.52 points or 0.41 percent at 84,211.88, and the Nifty was down 96.25 points or 0.37 percent at 25,795.15. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading flat.

For the week, the BSE Sensex and Nifty rose 0.3% each.

Cipla, HUL, Adani Ports, Max Healthcare, UltraTech Cement were among top losers on the Nifty, while gainers were Hindalco, Bharti Airtel, ONGC, Shriram Finance, ICICI Bank.

Among sectors, metal and telecom indices up 1% each, while FMCG, PSU Bank, pharma, private bank, consumer durable down 0.5-1%.

In stock-specific action, Thyrocare Technologies shares were up nearly 2% after promoter sold 10% stake, Colgate Palmolive (India) share down 2% after Q2 profit slipped 17%, Federal Bank shares hit 52-week high after board approves issuance of warrants to Asia II Topco XIII Pte, PTC India Financial Services shares added 11% after Q2 consolidated profit jumps 86%, South India Paper Mills gained 16% on reporting profit in Q2, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC shares slipped 2% on posting fall in Q2 profit.

Nearly 150 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Sammaan Capital, Hindalco Industries, Cholamandalam Investment, Cummins India, Motilal Oswal, Shriram Finance, Federal Bank, Laurus Labs, MRF, among others.