Indian benchmark indices ended in red on Friday due to profit booking in financials and IT stocks in line with relentless sell-offs in global equities as US bond market turmoil continued to rattle investors.

The 30-share benchmark index ended at 50405.32 down by -440.76 points or by -0.87 % and then NSE Nifty was at 14938.1 down by -142.65 points or by -0.95 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 50886.19 and intraday low of 50160.54 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 15092.35 and intraday low of 14862.1.

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 114.90,+1.95%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 7247.80,+1.60%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1921.00,+1.24%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 16747.00,+0.59%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 6808.50,+0.47%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1039.75,-4.79%), State Bank of India (Rs. 383.80,-3.03%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 220.30,-2.13%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 4489.40,-1.86%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 108.75,-1.85%), among others.

Among the sectors, Oil&Gas index was at 16090.8 up by 28.42 points or by 0.18%. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 114.90,+1.95%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 147.15,+1.83%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2178.55,+0.13%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (Rs. 522.30,+0.02%),.

Metal index was at 13905.84 down by -306.81 points or by -2.16%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 57.80,-5.63%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 72.15,-5.62%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 312.00,-4.38%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 323.25,-3.95%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 336.70,-3.72%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3425 , shares advanced were 1186 while 2061 shares declined and 178 were unchanged.