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The benchmark Sensex shed 124 points in late trade on Friday, pulled down by technology, FMCG, capital goods, realty, cement, select auto, metal and power companies\' shares.

Among frontliners, Maruti plunged 11% and Hero Honda was down 7%. DLF, GAIL, RIL, Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, Suzlon and Siemens tumbled 46.4%.

At 14:54 hours IST the benchmark Nifty extended losses a bit on the back of further selling in Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Infosys, TCS, BHEL, HUL, Hero Honda and Tata Motors.

At 13:18 hours IST the 30share BSE Sensex was trading marginally in red following weak global cues.

At 11:45 hours IST the 50share NSE Nifty was trading in a tight range of 53855413, with a negative bias.

The 30-share BSE index closed 0.69% or 123.71 points lower on Friday at 17,868.29, with 22 of its components closing in the red

At 10:23 hours IST the benchmark Sensex was trading lower with modest losses, dragged by technology, realty and select telecom companies\' shares.

As for life insurance, the guidelines are almost ready and would be out shortly, it added

The benchmark Nifty started the session lower following weak global cues and disappointing earnings. Telecom, technology, select auto and select financial companies\' shares were under pressure.

By 11:44am, the 30-share BSE index was trading down 0.25% at 17,946.40, with 19 of its components declining

The sharp decline in margins was almost entirely accounted for by an increase in raw material costs

The benchmark Nifty ended flat with a positive bias on settlement day for the month of July 2010.

Equity benchmarks ended higher in July series. The Nifty August futures ended at 14 points premium, as per provisional data.

At 15.04 hrs IST, the Nifty was trading flat on expiry day. The volatility was missing yet again despite July series expiry. European markets were trading positive with marginal gains of 0.5%. BSE Midcap index was trading in green.

The 30-share BSE index provisionally ended up 0.1% or 34.63 points at 17,992.74 points with half of its components gaining

By 11:09am, the 30-share BSE index was trading down 0.2% at 17,921.28 points, with 19 of its components declining

The domestic pharmaceutical market has been growing at a fast rate and companies are focusing more on their home market, especially after suffering setbacks in developed markets

Energy giant Reliance Industries, which has the highest weight on the main index, provisionally closed 3.2% lower

By 11:32am, the 30-share BSE index was trading up 0.02% at 18,081.16, with 19 of its components gaining

The Financial Times first reported the news. “Dubai Financial has been looking to sell its about 4% stake for quite some time now,” said one source