Shares ease a little

Indian stock markets fell marginally in volatile trade on Friday, amid selling, a day after the benchmark index crossed 12,000 for the first time. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries fell more than 2 per cent to Rs 974.30 after a hitting a new peak of Rs 1,000.

The 30-share BSE index fell 0.08 per cent to 12,030.30 points. Losers beat gainers 1,420 to 1,066 in trade of 255 million shares. The 50-issue NSE index was steady at 3,573.05.