Stock market today, Oct. 8 -- The Indian stock market ended lower on Wednesday, October 8, with the benchmark indices snapping their four-day winning streak amid profit booking ahead of the September-quarter (Q2) results season.

The Sensex ended 153 points, or 0.19%, lower at 81,773.66, while the Nifty 50 closed with a loss of 62 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 25,046.15. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed, falling 0.74% and 0.42%, respectively.

Investors lost more than Rs.2 lakh crore in a single session as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to below Rs.458 lakh crore from over Rs.460 lakh crore in the previous session.

The domestic stock market ended lower on profit booking ahead of the start o...