The stock market extended its losing streak for the fourth straight session on Wednesday amid broad-based selling, with the FMCG sector being the lone exception. The Nifty 50 also slipped below the 25,100 mark.

At the close, the Sensex was down 386.47 points, or 0.47%, at 81,715.63, while the Nifty fell 112.60 points, or 0.45%, to 25,056.90. The BSE Midcap index shed nearly 0.9%, and the Smallcap index was down 0.5%.

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The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly ₹460.5 lakh crore from ₹463.6 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, barring Nifty FMCG, which gained 0.18%, all sectoral indices ended in the red. Nifty Realty was the top loser, slipping 2.49%.

Other notable losers included Nifty Auto (down 1.15%), Private Bank (0.86%),

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