On the stock market, the benchmark indices experienced a sharp pullback in trade as investor sentiment turned cautious following hawkish comments from the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Sensex shed 593 points or 0.70% to end at 84,404 while Nifty 50 settled the day at 25,878, down 176 points or 0.68%. The broader markets outperformed, with the BSE Midcap index unchanged and the BSE Smallcap index shedding 0.06%.

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Among the sectors, barring Nifty Energy, all other indices settled in red. Nifty Financial Services was down 0.7%, followed by IT, Auto, Metal, Pharma, Bank, and Oil & Gas.

On Nifty50, only 10 stocks closed in the green. The key ones included Coal India as the best performer as it rose 1.58%. L&T, Hindalco, BHEL and Nestle India were among the other top g

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