Disappointing Q1 by Infosys, HUL halts 6-day bull run at D-St; indices shed 1%

Indian stock markets saw a decline after blue chips Infosys and Hindustan Unilever reported disappointing earnings, ending a record six-day run. The NSE Nifty fell 1.17% to 19,745 and the BSE Sensex declined 1.31% to 66,684.26. Shares in IT firms such as Infosys plummeted after the company cut its revenue growth outlook; the Nifty IT index saw its biggest single-day decline since 17 April, falling 4.1%. Despite foreign portfolio investors pumping around INR85,000 crore ($11.5bn) into Indian equities since March, FPIs were net sellers of INR1,998.77 crore on Friday.