Newsmakers of D-Street
Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, ended lower on Thursday, pressured by declines in IT and financial stocks. Hawkish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve and ongoing tensions in the Middle East dampened investor sentiment. The sell-off extended to midcap and smallcap stocks, signaling broad-based market weakness.The BSE Sensex shed 82.79 points, or 0.1%, to close at 81,361.87, while the NSE Nifty declined 18.8 points, or 0.08%, to settle at 24,793.25.Here are the top market movers of the day: