Indian shares settled lower on Thursday dragged by selling in bluechips like HDFC Bank, HDFC, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Infosys, TCS and Kotak Bank.

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The BSE Sensex shed 158 points or 0.44 percent, to end at 35,876 at close. The Nifty50 settled at 10,746, down by over 47 points, or 0.44 percent.

Broader market indices outperformed with the Nifty MidCap index settling 0.61 percent higher. The Bank Nifty rose 0.32 percent.

Shares of Yes Bank settled 32 percent higher after the bank received clearance from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on NPA divergence.

Among shares, HDFC Bank, HDFC, Infosys, Reliance Industries, TCS, Kotak Bank, HUL, Asian Paints, M&M were the main drags on indexes.

Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, ITC, IndusInd Bank and Sun Pharma batted for the bulls, helping limit losses.

Downstream public sector companies slipped as crude oil prices jumped, being the top losers on the Nifty.