The benchmark Nifty 50 closed at 22,600, down 87.65 points or 0.39%, and the Sensex ended down 0.17% at 73,123.83. Geojit's Vinod Nair said the sharper fall in mid- and small-caps relative to the Nifty, valuation concerns, unwinding of leveraged positions, surging crude and weak global cues were the key pressures. Almost all NSE sectoral indices ended lower, led by a 2.98% drop in Nifty Metal. Brent crude rose 1% to USD 114.31 a barrel amid Middle East tensions, weighing on the rupee, and a rise in India VIX suggests near-term volatility could persist. Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.51%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Singapore's Straits Times and South Korea's KOSPI gained.
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