New Delhi, June 3 -- The Indian stock market slipped back into the red in Wednesday's trade on June 3, as headline indices surrendered much of the previous day's gains amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, making risk assets less attractive to investors.

Persistently elevated crude oil prices and renewed weakness in domestic equities kept market sentiment under pressure, with the Nifty 50 eventually closing 0.33% lower at the 23,405 level. The Sensex also ended the session 0.41% lower at 74,343.

The broader markets mirrored the weak trend, with both the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices ending with losses of up to 0.46%.

Tensions in the Middle East continued to intensify even as US President Donald Trump expressed ...