Mumbai, Feb. 24 -- The Indian stock markets on Monday ended on a lower note, influenced by weak global cues that kept the benchmarks under pressure during the trading session.

At the close of the market, the Sensex was down 856.65 points or 1.14 per cent, at 74,454.41, and the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was down 242.55 points or 1.06 per cent, at 22,553.35.

At NSE, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Infosys, TCS, and Tata Steel were the biggest losers. On the other hand, the stocks of M&M, Eicher Motors, Dr Reddy's Labs, Hero MotoCorp and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the gainers.

In today's trading session, except for auto, pharma, and FMCG, all other sectoral indices ended in the red territory. The sectoral indices of IT, metal, and...