Sensex ends with the loss of over 500 pts

Benchmark domestic equity indices today ended with losses of over 0.6 percent, dragged by the Realty and Oil and Gas sectors. The 30-share index at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, shed 528 points, to close at 77,620. Similarly, the National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 lost 162 points, to settle at 23,526. The broader market indices at BSE also ended in negative territory. The Mid-Cap index declined over 0.9 percent and the Small-Cap index fell over one percent.