Sensex drops 350 pts, Nifty slips below 25,500 on weekly expiry day

The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.31% to 83,277.03, down 258 points, while the NSE Nifty 50 dropped 0.32% to 25,492.15 at the open. At around 10:40 AM, Sensex traded 388 pts or 0.46% lower at 83,148, whereas Nifty50 fell 114 pts or 0.46% to 25,457. On the Sensex, Bajaj Finserv, In the broader market, the Nifty Midcap 100 slipped 0.3%, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 eased 0.2%.Sectoral trends were largely negative, with all major indices in the red except Nifty Auto and Nifty IT, which edged higher by 0.3% and 0.4%, ...