Stock Market: Sensex slides 600 pts amid volatility; RIL, HUL fall 2%

The BSE Sensex, and the Nifty50 witnessed a sharp downturn in intraday trade on Friday amid selling in heavyweights like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, L&T, HUL, Axis Bank, and Bajaj Finance.

The Sensex was down over 600 points at 76,880 levels, while the Nifty 50-stock index was seen testing the 23,400 levels.
 

The broader BSE MidCap, and SmallCap indices, however, were seen holding notional gains.