New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- The Indian stock market benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty 50, finished lower on Friday, November 7, marking their third straight session of declines amid weak global cues.

During the session, both indices fell nearly 1% but recovered much of the losses to close marginally down.

The Sensex slipped 95 points, or 0.11%, to 83,216.28, while the Nifty 50 ended at 25,492.30, down 17 points, or 0.07%. Meanwhile, the BSE Midcap index gained 0.25%, and the Smallcap index closed almost unchanged.

"Markets ended lower for the second consecutive week, weighed down by persistent foreign fund outflows, mixed corporate earnings, and cautious global cues. Despite optimism surrounding progress in India-US trade talks, sentiment remained...