New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Indian stock market ended with significant losses on Thursday, February 12, on profit booking across sectors as a selloff in IT stocks weighed on overall market sentiment.

The Sensex closed 559 points, or 0.66%, down at 83,674.92, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,807.20, falling 147 points, or 0.57%.

The selloff was broad-based as the BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.46%, while the BSE 250 SmallCap Index crashed 0.86%.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to Rs.472 lakh crore from Rs.475 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors poorer by about Rs.3 lakh crore in a single session.

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