The Indian stock market, which saw a super rally on Tuesday, lost the steam towards the end amid heavy profit-booking, as fresh tensions between Ukraine and Russia came to light.
At close, the Sensex was down 820.97 points or 1.03% at 78,675.18, and the Nifty was down 257.80 points or 1.07% at 23,883.50.
At close, the Sensex was up 9.83 points or 0.01 per cent at 79,496.15, and the Nifty was down 6.90 points or 0.03 per cent at 24,141.30.
At close, the Sensex was down 55.47 points or 0.07 per cent at 79,486.32, and the Nifty was down 51.15 points or 0.21 per cent at 24,148.20 .Equities ignored positive global markets after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point.
Both the benchmark indices closed the session with positive gains experiencing a notable recovery from its lows on Tuesday.
On the NSE, Nifty50 plunged 193.60 points or 1.68 per cent to close at 11,333.85.
BSE bankex, finance, metal, energy, realty and utilities indices fell up to 1.51 per cent.
On the other hand, ONGC, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and ICICI Bank were among the laggards.
The BSE gainers were led by IndusInd Bank (spurting over 8 per cent) followed by Axis Bank, ICIC Bank, Sun Pharma, SBI and Kotak Bank.
On the broader front, the S&P BSE MidCap ended flat at 15,155.04, up by 0.01 per cent, whereas SmallCap was up by 0.35 per cent at 15,025.51.
