Closing Bell: Markets end in red led by last hour selling pressure; Sensex loses 100 points, Nifty down 24 points on Tuesday

The Indian markets in the last one hour gave up all their gains, to eventually close marginally negative on Tuesday. The Sensex fell over 100 points, while Nifty50 settled above 15800-mark, dragged by almost all sectors, mainly IT as well as banking and financials. 

At the market close, the BSE Sensex was down over 100 points or 0.19 per cent to 53,134 levels, while Nifty50 down 25 points or 0.15 per cent to 15810 levels. Broader markets too joined the downward rally with benchmarks as mid-cap slipped 0.3 per cent and small-cap fell 0.07 per cent.