Indian stock markets continued to be under selling pressure on Friday as weakness in global peers dragged indices while Franklin Templeton closing its six debt fund schemes also dented sentiment.
The BSE Sensex ended at 31,327.22, down 535.86 or 1.68% while the 50-share index was at 9,154.40, down 159.50 points or 1.71%.
Most stocks markets in Asia such as Japan, China, Hong Kong and Korea were down over 1% on media reports raising doubts over a probable covid-19 treatment.
Analysts said that Indian benchmark indices were down in sync with global markets and tracking increasingly weak economic data from countries around the world and especially in the US.