New Delhi, March 9 -- The Indian stock market continued the sell-off amid rising geopolitical disruptions. At close, the Sensex settled at 77,566.16, down 1,352.74 points or 1.71pc after hitting a low of 76,424.55, while Nifty also recovered from the day's low of 23,697.80 to end at 24,028.05, down 422.40 points or 1.73pc.
Broader indices underperformed the main indices, with Nifty Midcap and Smallcap indices shedding 2% each. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies fell by more than Rs 8 lakh crore to Rs 441 lakh crore.
Among the sectors, all the indices ended in the red. Among the key ones, Auto, Capital Goods, Consumer Durables, Metal, PSU Bank, Oil & Gas and Private Bank down 2-4pc.
On Nifty, the key gainers were Wipro, Sun...