The stock market on Wednesday fell from its all-time high hit in trade earlier this week.

At the close, the Sensex was down 31.46 points, or 0.04%, at 85,106.81, and the Nifty was down 46.20 points, or 0.18%, at 25,986.00. The BSE Midcap index shed 1% and the Smallcap index declined 0.4%.

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The broader market sell-off was sharper, as the BSE Midcap index lost 0.95% and the BSE Smallcap index shed 0.43%. The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed stocks fell by Rs 2.76 lakh crore to Rs 469.69 lakh crore.

Among the sectors, IT was the best performer, rising 0.76%, while Nifty Auto emerged as the worst loser, down 1.20%. IT, media, private banks, and telecom rose 0.2-0.6%, whereas PSU banks fell 3%, and oil & gas, metals, power, PSU, capital goods, and consumer durables d

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