 "Mid, small-caps follow benchmark indices; dip up to 3% amid global sell-off")
Following frontline indices, the mid and small-cap indices, too, were trading deep in the red on Friday. At 09:28 am, the S&P BSE SmallCap index was trading 2.63 per cent lower at 11,519, down 311 points or 2.63 per cent and the S&P BSE MidCap index was trading at 12,216, down 264 points or over 2 per cent. Both the indices dropped up to 3 per cent during the session.
In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was quoting 2.38 per cent lower at 32,740.62 levels. The stocks came under pressure on fears of a second wave of Coronavirus (Covid-19)
