NEW DELHI: The markets on Thursday snapped its extended bull run as both Sensex and Nifty finished with losses. With that, the benchmark indices took a breather from hitting successive highs.

Sensex slipped 111.20 points to close on 36,050.44 while the broader NSE index lost a more modest 16.35 points to finish trading on 11,069.65.

Analysts opined that investors were slightly worried about volatility at the high levels and hence indulged in profit booking.

On Thursday, all sectoral sub-indices with the exception of metal, private bank and financial services finished in the red with the PSU Bank sub-index tanking more than 5 per cent. The government yesterday said it will infuse an unprecedented Rs 88,139 crore capital in 20 public sector banks (PSBs) before March 31 to boost lending and revive growth. It unveiled steps to tackle the bad loan problem which has reached record levels.

The lenders, which include State Bank of India , account for more than two-third of India's banking assets as well as most of the over Rs 8 lakh crore of non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans.

Apart from state-owned bank scrips, IT stocks had a poor day too.

IndiaBulls Housing, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Coal India stocks were the major gainers.

