New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The stock market on Thursday failed to build on the gains recorded in the opening hours, and remained rangebound throughout the session.
The final hour selling pressure dragged the Nifty below 25,500 before closing near day's low, amid selling across the sectors.
At close, the Sensex was down 148.14 points or 0.18% at 83,311.01. On the other hand, Nifty was down 87.95 points or 0.34% at 25,509.70. BSE Midcap index fell 1.2%, and smallcap index shed 1.5%.
The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to below Rs 466 lakh crore from nearly Rs 470 lakh crore.
Among the sectors, only Nifty IT (0.18%) and Auto (0.06%) managed to end in the green.
On the other hand, Nifty Media down by 2.54%, Metal down b...