Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- The key equity indices ended with major cuts on Thursday, extending their decline for the second consecutive session, weighed down by weak global cues and caution following the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) repo rate hike. Rising US Treasury yields and firm crude oil prices also continued to weigh on sentiment. The Nifty closed below the 22,250 mark. All the sectoral indices on NSE ended in the red with metal, realty and media shares declining the most.

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex tanked 1,045.46 points or 1.44% to 71,593.24. The Nifty 50 index lost 371.25 points or 1.64% to 22,231.80. In the two consecutive trading sessions, the Sensex declined 2.02%, while the Nifty 50 fell...