Indian stock markets closes down by nearly 3 percent

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(Posted under BSE closing, NSE closing)- National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5279.05, down 158.30 points.

The 30 component large-cap index Sensex closed at 17666.20, down 512.13 points. Banks, Realty and Capital goods stocks remained worst hit.

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Sectoral wise closing rates-

BSE Midcap Index closed down by 2.69 percent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 2.74 per cent lower. BSE Bankex fell 4.33 percent, BSE Capital Goods Index also lowered 3.96 percent and BSE Auto Index fell by over 3.72 percent.