Mumbai, May 8 -- The Indian stock markets on Thursday remained flat during the morning session but started dipping as soon as news came about the escalation of tension between India and Pakistan.

Both Sensex and Nifty closed in red territory, exhibiting a shaken investor confidence.

At the end of the trading session today, the Sensex was down 411.97 points or 0.51 percent at 80,334.81, and the Nifty at National Stock Exchange (NSE) was down 140.60 points or 0.58 percent at 24,273.80.

At the NSE, the stocks of Shriram Finance, Eternal, M&M, Tata Consumer, Adani Enterprises declined making them the losers, while HCL Technologies, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan Company, Axis Bank, Coal India were the major gainers in the trading.

The Nifty o...