India, March 4 -- The Indian market extended loss for the third straight session with the BSE Sensex dropping 96.01 points to settle at 72,989.93 as selling pressure was seen in Auto, IT and Technology stocks.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) showed a similar fall of 36.65 pts at 22,082.65.

After tumbling in the opening session, the market remained in red all through the session.

According to reports, Bajaj FinServ by 2.70 pc to Rs 1788.60, HCL Technologies by 2.40 pc to Rs 1535.20, Nestle India Ltd by 1.82 pc to Rs 2145.95 and Asian Paints by 1.78 pc to Rs 2129.90 remained the key losers.

The key gainers remained SBI by 2.98 pc to Rs 715.85, Zomato by 2.23 pc to Rs 227, TCS by 1.04 pc to Rs 3533 and HDFC Bank by 0.78 pc to Rs 1714.5...