New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The Indian stock market ended with deep cuts on Monday, December 8, as investors sold stocks across segments amid mixed global cues. The Sensex closed 610 points, or 0.71%, lower at 85,102.69, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,960.55, down 226 points, or 0.86%. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices crashed 1.73% and 2.20%, respectively.

Investors lost more than Rs.7 lakh crore in a single session as the cumulative market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE dropped to nearly Rs.463.6 lakh crore from Rs.471 lakh crore in the previous session.

The main factors behind the market fall include weakness in the Indian rupee, relentless foreign capital outflow, caution ahead of the US Fed's policy decision, and the su...