In afternoon session, The Sensex was down to 178.49 and the nifty was down to 37.50 points.

In the final hour of trade, Indian benchmark indices were trading lower, with the Nifty holding around 17500. The Sensex was trading at 58397.88, down 178.49 points or 0.30 percent, while the Nifty was trading at 17492.80, down 37.50 points or 0.21 percent. Around 1835 shares have increased in value, 1361 shares have decreased in value, and 102 shares have remained steady.