Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in red on Friday. While BSE Sensex went below 80,700 level, Nifty50 was below 24,650.

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a gap-down start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,750 level, a discount of nearly 90 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

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China's mainline CSI 300, Shanghai, and Hong Kong's Heng Seng were down over 1 per cent in trade as the housing policy briefing in China failed to excite investors and property stocks slumped.

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session in the red. NIfty 50 closed at 24,749.85, while Sensex ended at 81,006.61. Overnight, Wall Street indices Dow Jones closed at a new record high,

The Sensex and the Nifty 50 declined for the second day due to weak global cues and disappointing Q2 earnings.

On Thursday, the Sensex dropped over 450 points to 81,006.61, while the Nifty fell by more than 200 points to 24,749.85. The broader market saw major declines across multiple sectors, except for the IT index,

Today's fall eroded Rs 7.07 lakh crore of investors. The all India market capitalisation stood at Rs 45,748,593.92 crore (Rs 4.57 lakh crore) as against Rs 46,455,987.05 crore (Rs 6.64 lakh crore) on October 16.