The Indian stock market continued to slip further into the red, with the Sensex and Nifty extending losses for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday. The benchmark indices are on track to record their eighth straight week of losses, marking the first such streak since 2001 and surpassing the seven-week losing streak recorded during the Covid crash.
Sensex fell over 100 points to fall below 72,350 mark while Nifty 50 lost over 50 points to drop below 22,550 level on Thursday, as seen at around 10 am. Broader markets also slipped into the red, with Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices falling up to 0.7%.