New Delhi, July 28 -- The Indian stock market has been falling for three consecutive sessions, as concerns over a delayed India-US trade deal with the August 1 deadline approaching, relentless foreign capital outflows, and uninspiring Q1 results continue to dampen investor risk appetite.

On Monday, July 28, the Sensex opened at 81,299.97 against its previous close of 81,463.09 and dropped nearly 700 points, or 0.84 per cent, to an intraday low of 80,776.44.

The NSE counterpart Nifty 50 fell 0.80 per cent to an intraday low of 24,646.60.

The market was witnessing a broad, across-segments selloff as the BSE Midcap index also fell by 0.80 per cent, while the Smallcap index plunged by over a per cent during the session.

In three sessions,...