Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Following a global sell off, Sensex declined by 400 points during the afternoon session of the trade on Friday.

At 1.19 p.m., the Sensex traded 400.97 points lower at 36,030.70 and the Nifty50 traded 121.65 points down at 10,830.05 from its previous close.

Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in all the sectors on BSE and NSE, except for the metal stocks.

--IANS ravi/in