A near broad-based selling pulled benchmark indices lower during the second half of the session with the S&P BSE Sensex ending 378 points lower at 69,551 levels, and the Nifty50 shutting shop 91 points lower at 20,906.
Sun Pharma, Maruti Suzuki, Titan, NTPC, Reliance Industries, L&T, M&M, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, and Tech M were some of the top large-cap losers, down up to 2 per cent.
The broader markets, too, gave up their gains with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settling 0.4 per cent and 0.27 per cent lower, respectively.
Among sectors, all but the Nifty Metal and Media indices closed in the negative territory led by the Nifty Realty index (down 1.95 per cent), the Nifty Auto index (down 0.7 per cent), and the Nifty Pharma index (down 0.45 per cent).
