New Delhi, March 11 -- The stock market came under pressure on Wednesday following a strong rebound in the previous session, with broad-based selling across sectors.
At close, the Sensex fell 1,342.27 points, or 1.72 pc, to 76,863.71, while the Nifty 50 dropped 394.75 points, or 1.63 percent, to 23,866.85. The Nifty Midcap index declined 1.2 percent, and the Smallcap index slipped 0.36 percent.
Market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms fell to over Rs 442 lakh crore from more than Rs 447 lakh crore in the prior session.
Among sectors, auto, FMCG, PSU banks, consumer durables, private banks, capital goods, IT, and realty saw significant losses. Oil & gas and pharma ended with marginal gains.
On Nifty, the key gainers were NTPC, Jio Finan...