Indian stock market, July 27 -- The Indian stock market remained under selling pressure for a second straight session on Friday, July 25. Benchmark indices - the Sensex and Nifty 50 - recorded notable losses, with mid- and small-cap stocks declining by as much as 2 per cent.

The Sensex slumped 786 points, nearly 1 per cent, to touch an intraday low of 81,397.69, while the Nifty 50 slipped 1 per cent to hit a low of 24,806.35.

By the end of the trading day, the Sensex had declined 721 points, or 0.88 per cent, to close at 81,463.09, and the Nifty 50 ended 225 points lower, down 0.90 per cent, at 24,837.

Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking believes that Indian stock market sentiment has turned weak as the Nifty 50 index ...