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The benchmark indices on Friday continued to trade lower as investors booked profits in index heavyweights such as ITC, HDFC, HDFC Bank and Bharati Airtel ahead of a long weekend, but were still on track to post their biggest weekly gain in six weeks.
At 2:53 pm, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 29,939, down 90 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 9,305, down 36 points.
In the broder market, the S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market,
