The stock market on Monday began the week on a negative note, snapping a two-day winning run. Nifty lost nearly 1% amid weakness in broader indices and selling across the sectors.

At close, the Sensex was down 609.68 points or 0.71% at 85,102.69, and the Nifty was down 225.90 points or 0.86% at 25,960.55. BSE midcap index shed 1.7% and smallcap index declined 2.2%.

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The cumulative market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE dropped to nearly Rs 463.6 lakh crore from Rs 471 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, each index ended with losses. Nifty Realty was down 3.53%, PSU Bank down by 2.81%, Media down by 2.73%, and Metal was down by 1.92%.

Nifty Bank fell 0.90%, while the Financial Services index dropped 0.70%.

On Nifty, only three stocks trade

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