Nifty ends below 8,150, down 14 pts

The Nifty 50-share index eased 14.15 points to breach below the 8,150-mark weighed down by metal, banks, FMCG and infra sectors.

However, auto, IT and media stocks capped the downslide.

Overseas, European stocks gained strength amid volatility. Asian indices ended on a positive note owing to subdued trading as traders chose to hold off further bets ahead of the weekend.

Back home, the Nifty opened higher at 8,178.20 and moved in a range of 8,178.70 and 8,127.45 before ending at 8,139.45, showing a fall of 14.15 points or 0.17 per cent.

It saw an intra-day movement of about 51.25 points.
 

On sectoral front, Metal fell by 1.55 per cent tracking decline in copper prices followed by FMCG (0.76 pct), Pvt Bank (0.64 pct), bank (0.48 pct) and PSU bank (0.43 pct).

However, auto gained by 0.39 per cent followed by IT 0.27 per cent and Media 0.25 per cent.

Major index laggards were Hindalco (3.35 per cent), UltraCemCo (2.66 per cent), BhartiAirTel (2.57 per cent), ONGC (2.30 percent), Bhel (2.03 percent) and Grasim (1.80 percent).

The gainers included TataMotors (2.15 per cent), Infratel (1.30 percent), Infosys (1.29 per cent), Eicher Motors (1.13 per cent) and TCS (1.03 per cent).

A total of 992 scrips declined 597 advanced while 82 remained unchanged. Total securities that hit their price bands were 85.

Turnover in the cash segment rose to 18,133.91 crore from Rs 17,108.61 crore as on Thursday.

A total of 7,818.05 lakh shares changed hands in 7,747,065 trades. The market capitalisation of NSE stood at Rs 10,463,002.22 crore.