Sensex, Nifty snap 2-day gain

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks snapped two-day winning streak on Friday, dragged by profit booking and weak global cues. The Sensex fell 72.22 points to 25269.64 and the Nifty declined 25.35 points to 7713.05. However, the broader markets outperformed benchmarks.

The BSE Midcap gained 0.2 per cent and Smallcap rose 0.9 per cent. About two shares advanced for every share declining on BSE.

Shares of TCS, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Tata Motors and ONGC were down 1-4 percent while ITC, L&T, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and BHEL gained 1-3 per cent.