Indian equities Benchmark bucked the global weakness to end higher on Friday, boosted by HDFC Bank, although the gains were not enough to prevent their first weekly loss in five on worries over the Middle East conflict and U.S. rates.

Dear Trader… Markets remained choppy for yet another day but managed to gain over half a percent.  Weak global cues triggered a gap-down start, followed by a muted move in the first half. However, gradual recovery in the heavyweights across sectors pared all the losses and also pushed the index