from positive to negative zones and finally closed the day on a flat note. High price-volume activity was witnessed on individual stocks like Indusind Bank and Tata Consultancy Services.

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Thursday was the only positive day of the week, which helped major indices in trimming weekly losses. Banking shares came under pressure led by decline of Yes Bank after their result announcement and impending results of HDFC Bank.

Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its first stage forecast of southwest monsoon for 2017, said that quantitatively, the monsoon seasonal rainfall is likely to be 96 per cent of the long period average (LPA) with an error of 5 per cent. Forecast assessment suggests 38 per cent of probability for near normal monsoon rainfall, it added.

Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 2,531.82 crore during the week, as per Sebi's record including the provisional figure of April 21.

In the broader market, buying activity continued in the side counters. The BSE Mid-Cap index rose 136.96 points or 0.95 per cent to settle at 14,487.92. The BSE Small-Cap index gained 285.15 points or 1.92 per cent to settle at 15,166.31.

Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.

Among sectoral and industry indices, metal fell by 2.74 per cent followed by healthcare 2.21 per cent, bankex 1.19 per cent, FMCG 0.91 per cent, auto 0.61 per cent, IT 0.51 per cent, and teck 0.29 per cent, while realty rose by 11.45 per cent, followed by power 1.57 per cent, consumer durables 0.81 per cent, capital goods 0.71 per cent and oil&gas 0.48 per cent.

Among the 30-share Sensex pack, 19 stocks fell and remaining 11 stocks gained during the week.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries slumped by 5.27 per cent. The stock was the biggest loser from the Sensex pack. As per report the company has received 11 observations from the US drug regulator for its Dadra unit. (MORE)

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