Stock market recap, Jan. 20 -- The Indian stock market witnessed an across-segment selloff on Monday, 19 January, on profit booking amid weak global cues. Benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50 fell almost half a per cent each, with heavyweights, including Reliance Industries Ltd, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank, among the top drags after their Q3 results.

The Sensex dropped 324 points, or 0.39%, to end at 83,246.18, while the Nifty 50 closed at 25,585.50, losing 109 points, or 0.42%. The BSE Midcap index fell 0.43%, while the Smallcap index suffered a loss of 1.28%.

Investors lost Rs.2 trillion in a day as the overall market capitalization of BSE-listed firms dropped to slightly over Rs.466 trillion from nearly Rs.468 trillion in the previo...