Indian equity indices ended on a lower note denting the investors’ sentiments as it faced a sell-off on all the counters on Monday due to global pressure. The NSE Nifty 50 fell 662 points or 2.68%, from its previous close, to settle the day’s trading at 24,056, testing the psychological level of 24,000. While the BSE Sensex plunged 2,222 points or 2.74% to 78,759. All the sectoral indices closed the day in the red. 

Sectoral Index

Bank Nifty slipped 1,258 points or 2.45% to end the session at 50,092. Similarly, Nifty Midcap 100 dropped more than 2050 points or 3.55% settling the day’s trading at 55,857. In the broader markets, smallcap and midcap stocks closed in the red.

“Domestic equity indices came under the grip of …