Domestic equity benchmarks registered sharp losses on Friday, July 25, amid selling pressure across most sectors. Financial stocks took a major blow after Bajaj Finance posted a weak set of quarterly numbers. Investors weighed a newly signed trade pact with the UK that will lower duties on several goods including whisky and cars.

Both headline indices fell 0.9 per cent. The Sensex gave up 721 points to end at 81,463.1 while the Nifty50 settled at 24,837, down 225.1 points for the day.

Bajaj Finance was the worst hit stock and the biggest contributor to losses in both main indices, falling 4.8 per cent for the day.