MUMBAI: The Indian equity benchmarks posted mild gains on a weekly basis, despite several sessions of sharp declines in the IT index.
Nifty added 0.39 per cent during the week and added 0.46 per cent on the last trading day to settle at 25, 571. At Friday’s close, Sensex was up 316 points or 0.38 per cent at 82, 814. It advanced 0.38 per cent during the week.
Sectoral performance remained mixed during the week, with all major indices ending in the red. Nifty media was the worst performer, down 2.46 per cent on a weekly basis, followed by capital markets, down 2.44 per cent and IT, down 2.07 per cent.