New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Indian stock market today ended in the red for the third consecutive session, as the NSE Nifty closed around 26,000 amidst depreciation in rupee and selling across the sectors.
At close, the Sensex was down 503.63 points or 0.59 percent at 85,138.27, and the Nifty was down 143.55 points or 0.55 percent at 26,032.20.
While the BSE Midcap index ended marginally lower, Smallcap index fell 0.6 percent.
The market capitalisation of all listed companies on the BSE declined by Rs 1.82 lakh crore to Rs 472.59 lakh crore during the trade.
Among the sectors, all major sectoral indices closed with cuts. Nifty Bank index was down 0.68 percent, and Nifty Financial Services down by 0.90 percent hit the worst. Auto, IT, metals and...