New Delhi, May 7 -- The Indian stock market ended in the red, influenced by rising tensions between India and Pakistan and subdued global cues ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy announcement, on Tuesday, May 6.

The Sensex dropped by 156 points, or 0.19%, to close at 80,641, while the Nifty 50 declined by 82 points, or 0.33%, finishing at 24,379.60.

Although the benchmarks closed with relatively modest declines, the mid-cap and small-cap segments experienced steeper losses. The BSE Midcap index fell by 2.16 percent, and the Smallcap index dropped by 2.33 percent.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that the Indian stock market sentiment is cautious to positive as the Nifty 50 index is trading in a tight ...