The Nifty50 and Sensex declined on Friday as escalating tensions in West Asia pushed crude oil prices to their highest level in almost two months.

At 9:40 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75661.73 down by -729.66 points or by -0.96 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23703.55 down by -166.05 points or by -0.7 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 75995.73 and intraday low of 75613.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23763.55 and intraday low of 23646.9

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1257.95,+1.05%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2247.00,+0.21%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1956.35,+0.12%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1779.50,+0.07%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4909.50,-2.28%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1887.95,-2.24%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 280.40,-2.20%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1019.70,-1.90%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1034.95,-1.60%), among others.

FMCG index was at 18280.56 up by 22.57 points or by 0.12%. United Spirits Ltd. (Rs. 1469.70,+3.59%), Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd. (Rs. 616.75,+2.37%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. (Rs. 203.95,+2.33%), Krishival Foods Ltd. (Rs. 398.95,+2.02%), Gulshan Polyols Ltd. (Rs. 189.50,+1.66%),.

Realty index was at 6817.37 down by -102.75 points or by -1.48%. Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1345.10,-2.21%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1993.85,-2.04%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 517.40,-1.77%), Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd. (Rs. 1371.60,-1.75%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2008.25,-1.66%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3438 , shares advanced were 989 while 2238 shares declined and 211 were unchanged.