New Delhi, March 30 -- Indian stock market on Monday continued to decline for the second consecutive session with Sensex losing 1700 points and Nifty below the 22,350 mark.
Market witnessed broad-based selling led by banking stocks after the Reserve Bank of India tightened limits on banks' dollar positions.
At close, the Sensex was down 1,635.67 points or 2.22 percent at 71,947.55, and the Nifty was down 488.20 points or 2.14 percent at 22,331.40.
Nifty Midcap and Smallcap indices shedding around 2.6 percent each. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies declined to Rs 412.59 lakh crore against Friday's Rs 422.15 lakh crore.
All the sectors ended in the red. Auto, FMCG, consumer durables, capital goods, telecom, realty, private...