New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Indian stock market witnessed a broad, across-segment selloff on Tuesday, 15 September, which dragged the benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty, lower by more than 1% each and the mid and small-cap segments down by more than 2%, causing massive losses to investors.

The Sensex declined 778 points, or 1.04%, to end at 74,003.82, while the Nifty 50 settled with a loss of 280 points, or 1.19%, at 23,118.60, extending losses for the second consecutive session. The BSE 150 Midcap index crashed 2.17%, while the BSE 250 Smallcap index plunged 2.40%.

Sharp selloff dragged the overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE to Rs.472.4 lakh crore from Rs.481.6 lakh crore in the previous session, making inves...