Indian benchmark indices witnessed profit booking on October 14 as rising crude oil prices and persistent foreign investor outflows weighed on sentiment.
After witnessing a muted first half, the market came under pressure in the afternoon session dragging Nifty to the day's low 22,558.95, however, some buying in IT, FMCG names help to trim the losses.
At close, the Sensex was down 251.89 points or 0.34 percent at 72,781.89, and the Nifty was down 99.25 points or 0.44 percent at 22,622.70.
Among broader indices, the Nifty midcap and smallcap indices ended with marginal losses.
Shriram Finance, HDFC Life, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, SBI Life Insurance were among top Nifty losers, while gainers were Infosys, Nestle, Tech Mahindra, Tata Consumer and Coal India.