Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- Indian stock markets on Tuesday ended lower as the sentiment withered amid fresh tariff warnings from US President Donald Trump over India's imports of Russian oil.

At the closing of the trading in the stock markets today, the BSE Sensex was at 80,710.25, slipping over 308 points or 0.38 per cent, while the Nifty 50 at National Stock Exchange (NSE) was down 73.20 points or 0.30 per cent at 24,649.55.

During the trading, about 1708 stocks advanced, 2184 stocks declined, and 143 stocks remained unchanged.

"Following fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump, both the benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex came under intense selling pressure in the first hour of the trade before consolidating in a range for the remain...