Stock market today, Sept. 30 -- The Indian stock market continued to reel under pressure on Tuesday, September 30, with the benchmarks-the Sensex and the Nifty 50-extending losses for the eighth consecutive session.

The Sensex closed 97 points, or 0.12 per cent, lower at 80,267.62, while the Nifty 50 settled at 24,611.10, down 24 points, or 0.10 per cent. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended flat.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms remained largely unchanged at Rs.451.8 lakh crore from Rs.451.5 lakh crore in the previous session.

In these eight sessions of losses, the Sensex has declined 3.31 per cent, while the Nifty 50 dropped by 3.20 per cent.

However, on a monthly scale, both indices ended over half a per c...