Stock market today, March 25 -- Indian markets closed a highly volatile session on Tuesday, March 25, with modest gains, extending their winning streak to seven consecutive sessions. Markets opened on a strong note, tracking a sharp overnight rally in global markets, but quickly gave up early gains as weakness in banking, metals, and pharma weighed on the indices.

However, a strong uptrend in technology stocks provided support, helping the indices stay in positive territory. The broader market, however, slipped into red after witnessing strong buying interest in recent trading sessions. It was the small-cap stocks that took a heavy beating in trade.

Against this backdrop, the Nifty 50 tumbled 201 points from the day's high to end the se...