35 percent; Sun Pharma, down 1.61 percent; Reliance Communications, down 1.49 percent; and Sterlite, down 1.29 percent.

According to data with the regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), foreign institutional investors Friday bought shares worth $555.2 million.

Other important Asian markets were trading in the negative terrain.

The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 73.26 points lower at 10,370.54 points.

At the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the benchmark SSE Composite was ruling 3.64 percent down at 2,296.32 points.

The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng was also in the red at 21623.45 points, down 145.06 points or 0.67 percent.

All major European markets were, however, ruling in the positive terrain.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 index was ruling 5.85 points higher at 5,169.80 points, while its French peer, the CAC 40, was up 0.15 percent at 3,840.87 points.

Germany's DAX, too, was ruling in the positive at 5,736.75 points, up 5.61 points.