Sensex ends in red, down 35 points

The 30-share index, which surged by 82.36 points in early trade, fell back to close 35.04 points down at 14,182.71 points.

After remaining in the positive zone in early trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex, on Friday succumbed to mid-way profit booking and lost more than 35 points.

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The 30-share index, which surged by 82.36 points in early trade, fell back to close 35.04 points down at 14,182.71 on selling by funds in heavy-weight blue-chip stocks.

Earlier, it moved between 14,300.11 and 14,067.52 points.

The second wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty also fell by 18.90 points at 4,090.15, after touching the day's high of 4,137.15 and a low of 4,058.35.

Bucking the trend, Reliance Industries' stocks continued to rise on the back of strong earnings in the third quarter and surged to a record high of Rs 1,428 at the outset but profit-taking, trimmed gains and ended at Rs 1,380.25, still up by Rs 13.25, or nearly 1 per cent.