Stock market today, Oct. 31 -- Benchmark equity indices of the Indian stock market - Sensex and Nifty - tumbled for the second day in a row on Friday, October 31. Despite this, the indices clocked their best monthly gains in seven months since March.

Sensex fell 465.75 points or 0.55% to end at 83,938.71, while the Nifty 50 closed the session at 25,722, down 155.75 points or 0.60%. A cautious global sentiment and profit-taking amid mixed earnings drove the indices lower.

The broader markets witnessed a decline, as the BSE Midcap index tumbled 0.55% and the BSE Smallcap index lost 0.40%.

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