The Sensex and Nifty closed sharply lower on Friday as crude oil prices crossed the USD 100 per barrel mark, with rising tensions in West Asia weighing on market sentiment.

The 30-share benchmark index ended at 76059.77 down by -331.62 points or by -0.43 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23767.45 down by -102.15 points or by -0.43 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 76210.95 and intraday low of 75474.43 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23823.6 and intraday low of 23606.3

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1269.00,+1.94%), ITC Ltd. (Rs. 283.60,+0.78%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1230.00,+0.58%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2253.90,+0.52%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2888.00,+0.48%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 280.00,-2.34%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3161.00,-2.10%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 1018.00,-2.07%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1901.80,-1.52%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 2639.90,-1.09%), among others.

IT index was at 27714.16 up by 181.87 points or by 0.66%. BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 282.20,+7.10%), Innovana Thinklabs Ltd. (Rs. 345.75,+6.96%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 583.00,+5.91%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1241.20,+5.00%), GNG Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 573.15,+4.99%),.

Auto index was at 59773.92 down by -580.01 points or by -0.96%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5010.90,-3.15%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3161.00,-2.10%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Rs. 2783.20,-1.44%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 11128.05,-1.34%), TVS Motor Company Ltd. (Rs. 3872.55,-1.16%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4650 , shares advanced were 2223 while 2173 shares declined and 254 were unchanged.