Buy or sell stocks, March 11 -- After showing a range-bound action with a positive bias in the last couple of sessions, the Indian stock market slipped into weakness on Monday and closed lower. The Nifty 50 index ended 92 points lower at 22,460, the BSE Sensex shed 217 points and closed at 74,115, while the Bank Nifty index finished 280 points lower at 48,216. Except for Nifty FMCG, all the sectoral indices closed in negative territory. The Realty, Oil & Gas, PSU Banks, and Consumer Durables sectors bore the brunt of the selling pressure, experiencing the most substantial losses.

Cash market volumes on the NSE were lower by 5% compared to yesterday, the weakest since 25-Feb-2025. Following last week's rebound, the mid and smallcap segmen...