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Benchmark indices ended lower for the third consecutive session on October 20 with Nifty around 19,550.

At close, the Sensex was down 231.62 points or 0.35 percent at 65,397.62, and the Nifty was down 82.00 points or 0.42 percent at 19,542.70. About 1333 shares advanced, 2234 shares declined, and 141 shares unchanged.

ITC, Divis Labs, HUL, BPCL and Tata Steel were biggest losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, TCS, SBI Life Insurance and NTPC.

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with capital goods, metal, power, realty, oil & gas, FMCG, and pharma shed 0.5-1 percent.

The BSE Midcap index shed 1 percent and Smallcap index down 0.7 percent.

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