Provisional: Markets end lower for third straight day

Markets ended lower for the third straight session, amid weak global cues, weighed down by profit taking in index heavyweights by foreign institutional investors in wake of the falling rupee. Further, the finance minister at a press conference today did not announce any concrete measures to prevent decline in the Indian currency.

The 30-share Sensex ended down 239 points at 18,802 levels and the 50-share Nifty ended down 64 points at 5,696 levels (Provisional nos).