By IANS
Mumbai : Indian shares ended in the red Friday after an uneven trade, with a key index falling 0.22 percent to end on a flat weekend dragged by blue-chip stocks, after a good week's rally.
The 30-share benchmark Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) fell by 31.88 points to a weekend close at 14,467.36 levels, a fall of 0.22 percent from its previous day's close. Nineteen of its components traded in the red.
The broad-based 50-issue National Stock Exchange Nifty too lost 15.35 points or 0.36 percent to close at 4,252.05.
Sensex heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd and technology and cement stocks took a beating in the intra-day trade.
Electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd led the Sensex losers, down 2.80 percent at Rs.1,440.15, followed by cement major Gujarat Ambuja Cements, down 2.64 percent at Rs.116.25 and Reliance Industries, down 1.68 percent at Rs.1,704.05.
Other major stocks that traded in the red were steel maker Tata Steel, software exporters Wipro and Satyam Computers, private telecom service provider Reliance Communications, cement major ACC, textile producer Grasim Industries and oil and gas major ONGC.
Leading the major index gainers Friday was energy producer Reliance Energy, up 5.32 percent at Rs.590.20, followed by top aluminium producer Hindalco Industries, up 1.89 percent at Rs.170.00 and housing finance firm HDFC, down 1.65 percent at Rs.1,879.60.
Those trading in the green were two-wheeler maker Hero Honda, consumer goods make Hindustan Lever, drug maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, top public sector lender State Bank of India, leading telecom service provider Bharti Airtel and private sector lender ICICI Bank.