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.
Broader markets also ended with MidCap and SmallCap indices up by 0.6 per cent and 1.16 per cent respectively.
Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Bajaj Auto and Power Grid were among the laggards.
International crude oil benchmark Brent was trading 0.40 per cent higher at $45.13 per barrel.
The broader NSE Nifty slumped 122.05 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 11,178.40.
On the broader market, the S&P MidCap and SmallCap index ended 1.6 per cent and 0.76 per cent higher respectively.
