Indian equity benchmarks fell on Friday as traders parsed through key corporate earnings amidst concerns of a global economic slowdown, but held on to weekly gains on a rise in financial stocks.

Dear Trader… Nifty remained lacklustre amid mixed global cues. Selling in the second half of the session led index to close near day’s low at 18055 levels. Major draggers were consumer sector stocks that posted weak numbers and Reliance that will announce its results later on Friday evening. Market is