Stock Market Today: Sensex Falls 199 Points; Nifty Settles Below 22,050. Realty, IT Drag

The two key equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, on Tuesday closed in the red, tracking tepid global sentiment. The BSE Sensex dropped 199 points to 73,129. On the other hand, the NSE Nifty50 settled at 22,032, down, 65 points.

On the 30-share Sensex platform, Wipro, HCLTech, NTPC, Reliance, Infosys, IndusInd Bank emerged losers. On the flip side, Tata Steel, Titan, Maruti, L&T, ITC, JSW Steel were among the gainers.

In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap index dropped 0.31 per cent while the BSE Smallcap index fell 0.43 per cent.

Sectorwise, Nfty Metal index gained 1 per cent. Oil & gas also advanced nearly 1 per cent each. On the other hand, Nifty Realty index declined 1.95 per cent, Nifty IT fell 1.3 per cent, and the Nifty Pharma dropped 1.14 per cent.

In the previous session on Monday, the S&P BSE Sensex closed at 73,328, up 759 points, while the NSE Nifty50 closed the day at 22,097, up 203 points.