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The Sensex ended lower on Friday, dragged down by selling in blue-chips.
Caution prevailed on weak regional cues on fears of Fed rate hike after sharp drop in weekly US jobless claims.
The Sensex ended down 45.07 points or 0.16 per cent at 28,061.14. Similarly, the NSE Nifty finished at 8,697.60, down 11.95 points or 0.14 per cent.
Of the 30 Sensex stocks, 19 stocks declined while 11 edged higher. In the Nifty basket, 30 stocks declined, 20 advanced and 1 remained unchanged.
Tata Steel (4.39%), Tata Motors (2.62%), Bajaj Auto (2.10%), Lupin (0.95%) and Adani Ports (0.91%) were among the top Sensex gainers.
Asian Paints (-1.86%), Cipla (-1.63%), Infosys (-1.36%), HDFC (-1.28%) and Bharti Airtel (-1.01%) were among the top losers.
Analysts expect non-farm payrolls to have risen by 175,000 last month from 151,000 in August, according to a Reuters survey of economists - a pick-up that could put pressure on the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Back home, investors were also girding themselves for the July-September quarter results, starting with software maker Infosys Ltd on October 14.
“There is no positive trigger and the earnings season has just started,” said Saurabh Jain, assistant vice president of research at SMC Global Securities.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth net Rs 353.80 crore yesterday, showed provisional data.
Global markets
Overseas, Asian stocks were trading lower as investors looked ahead to a key employment report. Markets in China remained closed for the Golden Week public holidays. US stocks closed near the flatline yesterday, as investors abstained from making big bets ahead of much—anticipated September jobs report.
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up at between 7,063-7,068 points, or 0.9-1.0 percent higher, according to financial bookmakers. The UK blue chip index closed down 0.5 percent at 6,999.96 points - still near its record intraday high of 7,122.74 points reached in April 2015 with budget airline easyJet sliding lower after issuing a profit warning.
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