Stock markets follow global trend, open in red

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 2 (ANI): Indian stock markets faced selling pressure during the opening session on Friday following the fall in the global markets.

The Nifty 50 index opened with a decline of 221.90 points (0.89 per cent) at 24,789 points, while the BSE Sensex index declined by 708.55 points (0.87 per cent) to 81,158.99 points during the opening session.

"Indian markets had just crossed the 25,000 mar