Mumbai, May 6 -- The Indian stock markets witnessed profit-booking on Tuesday amid the continued rising geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan and ended on a negative note.

At the end of the trading session today, BSE Sensex was down 155.77 points or 0.19 per cent at 80,641.07. While the Nifty 50 at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was down 81.55 points or 0.33 per cent at 24,379.60.

The volatility index has increased notably in the last couple of weeks, prompted by increased geopolitical tension between India and Pakistan, up 3.58 at 19 today.

"The domestic market has been consolidating in recent sessions following the strong recovery, driven by cautious sentiment amid India-Pakistan border tensions. Weak earnings growth fo...