New Delhi, July 25 -- Indian stock market indices - the Sensex and Nifty 50 - continued their losing streak on Thursday, July 24, witnessing sharp declines during intraday trading.

The Sensex plunged 679 points, or 0.82 per cent, to hit an intraday low of 82,047, while the Nifty slipped 0.80 per cent to touch a low of 25,018.70.

By the end of the session, the Sensex had recovered slightly but still closed 542 points, or 0.66 per cent, lower at 82,184.17. Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 settled at 25,062.10, down 158 points, or 0.63 per cent.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes that Indian stock market sentiment is positive as the Nifty 50 index is sustaining above 50-DEMA support of 24,900.

Speaking on the outlook o...