Benchmark indices ended in the negative territory on Thursday, ahead of April Future and Option (F&O) contract expiry, following subdued Asian peers. The NSE Nifty50 closed down by 84 points at 11,641 level and BSE Sensex was down 323 points at 38,730.

Top Nifty losers of Thursday’s trading session are BhartiInfratel, Tata Steel and Vedanata while Ulratech Cement, Grasim DrReddys and BhartiAirtel were among gaining stocks.

On the sectoral front, except Nifty realty, all the sectors ended in the red

With weak market breadth, there were 964 declines against 776 advances and 356 stocks unchanged.

Shares of MarutiSuzuki declined 1.95% as Q4FY2019’s profit After tax dropped 4.6pc yoy.