New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Indian stock markets today ended with marginal losses amidst volatile session ahead of the Christmas holiday, with the BSE Sensex falling by 116.14 points or 0.14 per cent at 85,408.70 and the NSE Nifty declining by 35.05 points or 0.13 pc at 26,142.10.
The BSE Midcap index lost by 0.37 pc, while the Smallcap index shed 0.14 pc, taking the overall market capitalisation below Rs 475 lakh crore from Rs 475.70 lakh crore in the previous session.
Among the sectors, barring Media, Realty, and Metal, all sectoral indices ended lower.
Nifty Media was up 0.44 pc, Realty up by 0.17 pc and Metal up by 0.15 pc.
The key names on the losing side were Nifty Oil & Gas (down by 0.76 pc), Pharma and IT (by 0.51 pc each).
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