Final Trade: Markets closed in red mark, Nifty ends near 17,000, Sensex drops over 500 points; banking, consumer durable stocks top laggards

The stock markets have closed with a red mark on the third trading day of the week. Sensex and Nifty have registered a strong decline and all the indices have closed in the red mark. There is a fall of 537.22 points in the Sensex, while the index closed at the level of 56,819.39. On the other hand, Nifty 50 saw a decline of 162.40 points and closed at the level of 17,038.40 in this index. In today's trading session, buying was seen in 1146 shares and selling was seen in 2140 shares. Apart from this, there has been no change in 107 shares.