Stock Market Highlights: Sensex, Nifty end lower; midcap index slides over 2%, Swiggy plunges 17%

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Indian equity markets came under pressure this week, with the Nifty falling over 2% and reversing the previous week’s gains. Broader markets underperformed, with the midcap index declining 6% and the smallcap index dropping 7% — the midcap index’s steepest fall in two years. Only six of the 100 midcap and smallcap stocks ended the week in the green. The sell-off wiped out over ₹20 lakh crore in market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies, while only six Nifty stocks advanced and 20 fell 4% or more. Tata Motors PV, Trent, Nestle, Shriram Finance and Adani Enterprises were among the top Nifty losers, while Swiggy, KEI Industries, Sammaan Capital, Nippon Life India and Inox Wind led the midcap declines.

Indian equity benchmarks ended lower on Friday, October 23, with the broader market bearing the brunt of the selling pressure. The Sensex fell 126 points to close at 73,124, while the Nifty 50 declined 88 points to settle at…

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