Mumbai, Feb 22 (UNI) After the winning streak of past two days, the

BSE Sensex declined on Friday by 26.87 points to end negative at

35,871.48 on profit-booking by local operators as well as losses in

index heavyweights like RIL and HDFC Bank among others.

While, the Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) went up a tad by

1.80 points to 10,791.65.

The Sensex went up by 8 points to 35,906.01 in early trade and then

added gains of 43 points to touch day's high of 35,941.69 during the

day. It later dropped nearly 100 points to hit day's low of

35,795.79 and then remained range bound throughout the day before

closing at 35,871.48, easing by 26.87 points versus its last close.

The Nifty registered day's high and low at 10,801.55 and 10,758.40

points, respectively.

The losses in sectoral indices like Bankex, Finance and Consumer

Discretionary Goods & Services pulled the Sensex down, however,

gains in Materials, FMCG, Utilities and Capital Goods capped its

further decline, brokers informed.

The broader markets outperformed the Sensex, as the BSE Mid-Cap

index and Small-Cap rose 0.38 per cent and 0.77 pc, respectively.

The market breadth was stronger on BSE, as 1,624 shares advanced

compared with 912 declined and 149 were unchanged.

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