New Delhi, March 27 -- The Indian stock market witnessed strong selling in intraday trade on Friday, March 27, as persisting uncertainty over the West Asian war, the rupee's fall to a new record low, and crude oil price volatility weighed on market sentiment.

The Sensex and the Nifty 50 dropped almost 2% in intraday deals, with bank, financial services, auto, and realty indices falling more than 2% each.

Meanwhile, Vodafone Idea, Filatex Fashions, Tata Gold Exchange Traded Fund, Tata Silver Exchange Traded Fund, Ola Electric Mobility, YES Bank, PC Jeweller, Reliance Power, SEPC, and Jaiprakash Power Ventures were among the most traded stocks, or the most active stocks in terms of volume, on the NSE.

GTL Infrastructure, Suzlon Energy, N...