The benchmark Sensex pared some of the early losses, but was still down 73.77 points at 31,724.07 in late morning deals, as selling pressure witnessed in key front—line stocks amid weak global cues.

Sentiments were subdued after escalating geo—political tensions between the US and North Korea, while capital outflows hovered around the bourses.

Benchmark Sensex erased early gains and plunged 216 points in late morning trade, while the Nifty tested the 10,000 level due to sudden selling pressure in realty, oil & gas, power, energy, banking, capital goods and FMCG counters amid lower Asian cues.

The BSE mid—cap and small—cap indices too were down 0.86 per cent and 0.95 per cent, respectively.

The benchmark BSE Sensex continued its rising trend by gaining over 61 points to 32,386.52 in early trade today on sustained foreign fund inflows amid positive global cues.

The 30-share index rose 61.11 points, or 0.18 %, to 32,386.52. The gauge had gained 87.53 points in the previous session.

Banking, healthcare and FMCG stocks weighed heavy on markets on Friday as the Sensex faltered and the Nifty dropped below the key 10,000-mark in early session.

Asian shares were a mixed bag.

The 30-share Sensex fell 76.20 points — or 0.23 per cent — to 32,161.68. The gauge had lost 337 points in the previous two sessions.

Banking, healthcare and FMCG stocks weighed heavy on markets today as the Sensex faltered and the Nifty dropped below the key 10,000-mark in early session. Asian shares were a mixed bag.

The 30-share Sensex fell 76.20 points -- or 0.23 % -- to 32,161.68. The gauge had lost 337 points in the previous two sessions.

India's largest lender State Bank of India plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore by allotting Basel-III compliant bonds to various investors.

"The committee of directors for capital raising accorded its approval today to allot 20,000 AT1 Basel-III compliant non-convertible, perpetual, subordinated bonds in the nature of debentures... Aggregating Rs 2,000 crore to various investors," State Bank of India (SBI) said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Bata India hit its 52-week high of Rs 611, up 5% on BSE in early morning trade, after the company reported a 20% year-on-year growth in net profit at Rs 60.4 crore in June quarter (Q1FY18). The company engaged in footwear & accessories business had profit of Rs 50.5 crore in year ago quarter.

Net sales during the quarter under review grew 10% at Rs 743 crore against Rs 675 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal. Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin improved to 14.3% from 13.7%.

Indian stock markets continued the record breaking rally on Thursday and opened at new highs as the market participants await the RBI’s decision on the benchmark repo rates later today. The Reserve Bank of India is all set to conclude its third bi-monthly monetary policy meeting today and investors widely anticipated a rate cut after the June inflation fell to record low of five years. NSE Nifty opened 22 points higher at 10,136.3 points and BSE Sensex advanced almost 66 points to open above 32,600 points level.

The benchmark Nifty on Monday climbed to a fresh high of 10,043 and the Sensex surged over 133 points in the opening session, underpinned by a strong dose of better-than-expected corporate earnings.

The rally came on buying in capital goods, metal, oil and gas, consumer durables and banking stocks.

The benchmark BSE Sensex soared to a fresh life-time high of 32,533.34 and the NSE Nifty hit a new high of 10,068.40 in opening trade today on continued buying by investors driven by encouraging earnings by corporate amid positive global cues.

Short-covering of bets, today being the last session of July expiry in the derivatives segment, kept the sentiment upbeat.

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