New Delhi, July 25 -- The Indian stock market ended its second straight session with deep cuts, largely weighed down by select heavyweights including Bajaj Finance, Infosys, and HDFC Bank, which dragged the benchmark indices down by nearly 1%.

The Nifty 50 ended the session with a drop of 0.88%, falling below the 24,900 mark to settle at 24,842 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex closed with a decline of 0.85% at 81,477. The sharp selling over the last two sessions also pushed both indices to extend their weekly losses for a fourth straight week, the longest weekly losing streak since September 2024.

The broader markets witnessed even steeper selling, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 index ending with a sharp cut of 2.5% and the Nifty Midcap 10...