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.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 37.38 points or 0.10 per cent lower at 38,369.63 levels. Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, skidding 2.10 per cent.
Among the individual stocks, Tata Steel was the top gainer on the BSE, rising around 4 per cent.
RBI has left the benchmark repurchase (repo) rate unchanged at 4 per cent.
PowerGrid, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Nestle India and HCL Tech too ended with losses.
Maruti, Axis Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Finance also finished with gains.
