Indian equity benchmarks closed lower in a choppy session on Friday, dragged by a decline in most sectors in the final hour, as data on the country’s current account deficit (CAD) released on Thursday weighed.

Dear Trader… Domestic equities ended the last day of the year on a sombre note with profit booking pulling down the index in the last 30 minutes. Indian equities missed its Santa rally in the month of December’22 despite Nifty making new high of 18888 at the start of the