The stock market on Thursday fell for the fifth consecutive session, with Nifty finishing below 24,900 amid selling seen across the sectors barring metals.

At close, the Sensex was down 555.95 points or 0.68% at 81,159.68, and the Nifty was down 166.05 points or 0.66% at 24,890.85. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices down 0.7% each.

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The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly Rs 457.4 lakh crore from Rs 460.5 lakh crore in the previous session.

On the sectoral front, barring Nifty Metal, which was up 0.22%, all other sectoral indices ended with losses. Nifty Realty was down 1.65% ending as the top loser.

Nifty IT was down 1.27%, Auto was down 0.92%, Pharma was down 0.92%, and FMCG was down 0.50%. Nifty Bank fell 0.26%, while the Financial Services

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