Tata Steel was the day's worst performer in the Sensex pack, plunging 3.25 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 3.05 per cent.
Financial shares were among the top gainers with HDFC leading the gains.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC and Coal India were among the top gainers.
The BSE gauge Sensex fell 73.88 points to 35,548.26 and the NSE Nifty slid 17.85 points to 10,799.85, taking cues from tumbling global shares.
Pharma shares were the top gainers led by Lupin after the company received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
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In 10 sessions Sensex rose over 8%
n the broader market, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading higher by 0.3% each.
The sentiment-driven rally also got support from stock specific earning results and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that the Centre will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
Profit-booking and selling pressure on below-normal monsoon forecast, marred sentiments, traders said.
The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
Out of 30 Sensex shares, 19 ended lower while 11 gained
Among the Sensex 30 stocks, new entrant Sesa Goa soared 22 per cent to Rs 187, while TCS rose 11 per cent to Rs 2,023.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
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