New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Indian Stock markets ended lower for the second consecutive day on Tuesday amidst depreciation in rupee as well as the uncertainty over India-US trade deal, with the BSE Sensex plunging by 533.50 points or 0.63 percent to 84,679.86, and the NSE Nifty slipping by 167.20 points or 0.64 pc to 25,860.10.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were down nearly 1 pc each.
The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to Rs 467 lakh crore from Rs 471 lakh crore in the previous session.
Among the sectors, financials showed some significant declines. Nifty Bank fell 0.72 pc while the Financial Services index declined 0.79 pc. Nifty Private Bank suffered losses of 1.23 pc while PSU Bank was down 0.89 pc.
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