In the BSE500 index, 345 stocks settled in the red, whereas other 155 stocks posted gains for the week. Only eight stocks were able to rise 10 per cent or more, whereas the same number of stocks clocked double-digit cuts. Benchmark indices - BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 - dropped over a per cent each, while midcap and smallcap indices underperformed as they shed 2 per cent during the week. The BSE500 index was also down by more than a per cent.
