The NSE Nifty after shuttling between 10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points, ended 47 points, or 0.45 per cent lower at 10,301.05.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 128 points to end at 25,102.
In the Sensex pack, M&M was the biggest loser, tumbling by 6.66 per cent, followed by TCS dropping 4.14 per cent.
In the longest losing streak of 2017, the BSE Sensex has lost 1,270 points, or 3.91 per cent. It fell to a three-month low of 31,154.03 on Wednesday.
Gains were led by Tata Motors amid robust sales in June along with select financials.
The fall came on the back of a massive selloff in NBFCs, led by DHFL which skidded over 50 per cent on fears of a liquidity crisis.
Coal India fell the most by 2.58 per cent among Sensex scrips, dragging the index into the negative zone.
Yes Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.76 per cent, followed by SBI at 3.18 per cent.
Promoters of 517 companies have pledged nearly 46.35 per cent of their shares, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.
The 13 firms under consideration had nearly a million employees as of March 2018, including contractual and temporary workforce.
Small- and mid-cap stocks continued facing selling pressure due to stretched valuations.
Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 217 points to end at 25,736.
Sun Pharma was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, advancing 1.79 per cent.
The winter session of Parliament will commence on November 26.
The wider NSE Nifty touched a low of 10,652.40 before finishing at 10,671.40, showing a loss of 97.75 points, or 0.91 per cent.
The NSE Nifty cracked below the 10,800-mark to hit a low of 10,753.05 intra-day, before closing at 10,762.45 with a loss of 59.40 points, or 0.55 per cent.
Among the gainers, Sun Pharma topped by rising 3.03 per cent as the weak rupee tempted buyers to accumulate shares of pharma exporters.
The NSE Nifty, which dipped below the key 10,800-mark to touch a low of 10,755.40, bounced back on late buying to close at 10,817.70, up 9.65 points, or 0.09 per cent.
Metal stocks were trading under pressure while IT, auto, realty stocks gained in today's deals
JNPT, the country's largest container port, would soon move into congestion if cargo does not get lifted by importers in the next few days.
The session was marked by volatility and stock-specific action, even as the overall sentiment remains risk-averse, brokers said.
The Bangladeshi prime minister said that India's sudden decision to stop onion exports has led to a bit of difficulty for her countrymen.
Broader market outperformed the frontline indices and also hit their respective all-time highs
Persistent capital inflows by domestic institutional investors and retail investors kept the markets in fine nick
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Equity benchmarks erased early gains after realty, capital goods, teck, auto, PSU, IT, power and bankex counters came under selling pressure, falling up to 1.28 per cent.
The NSE Nifty went past the 8,600-mark for the first time since November 1.
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About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
The NSE Nifty too ended 58.60 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 10,967.30 after shuttling between 10,985.15 and 10,928 during the session.
The NSE Nifty settled the day 93.20 points or 0.88 per cent lower at 10,452.30 after shuttling between 10,612.90 and 10,434.05.
The NSE Nifty settled the day 38.85 points or 0.37 per cent lower at 10,500.90 after shuttling between 10,590.55 and 10,456.65, intra-day.
The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
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The protests brought home the fact that the Sri Lankan public is in no mood for halfway measures, as voices against Rajapaksa 'family rule' and 'securitisation' of the civilian administration began sidestepping the more critical economic crisis, affecting the nation and afflicting the individual, observes Sri Lanka watcher N Sathiya Moorthy.
The 30-share Sensex, after opening on a strong footing, continued its upward march to hit an all-time high of 35,827.70. The NSE Nifty also hit a record intra-day high of 10,975.10, before finishing at 10,966.20, up 71.50 points.
The sentiment-driven rally also got support from stock specific earning results and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that the Centre will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit.
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The 50-share NSE Nifty settled lower by 76.05 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 8,615.25