Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will ship her price range like “by no means earlier than” that’s anticipated to offer reduction to the pandemic-hit financial system and is more likely to give attention to driving the restoration by larger spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence.

On Friday, the Sensex had crashed 588.59 factors (1.26 per cent) to complete at 46,285.77 — taking the six-session combination loss to three,506.35 factors (7.04 per cent). Likewise, the Nifty furthered its loss by 182.95 factors (1.32 per cent) to settle at 13,634.60. Over the past six days, the NSE benchmark has shed 1,010.10 factors (6.89 per cent).