Mumbai, Dec. 29 -- The Indian stock market on Monday ended lower amid lack of any directional triggers, and continued profit booking at higher levels.

Sensex lost 345.91 points or 0.41% to settle at 84,695.54 while Nifty ended 100.20 points or 0.38% lower at 25,942.10.

The Nifty 50 index opened at 26,063.35, registering a gain of 21.05 points or 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex began the session at 85,004.75, down 36.70 points or 0.04%.

Only three sectors witnessed buying in trade including Nifty Media (up 0.93%), Nifty FMCG (up 0.11%) and Nifty PSU Bank (up 0.05%). Nifty IT (0.75%) and Nifty Bank (0.53%) were the key losers.

Shrikant Chouhan, Head - Equity Research, Kotak Securities said, "The benchmark indices continued profit booking at...