The Indian benchmark indices ended with marginal losses and extended the losing streak for the fourth consecutive session on December 3 on falling rupee and selling across the sectors barring IT and private banks.

Despite positive global cues, the market started on a flat note but as the day progress bears took the charged and dragged the Nifty below 25900, however, the final hour buying heled to regain most of the losses to finish off day’s low.

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

The Indian rupee continued hitting fresh record low on the fourth consecutive session, crossing 90 mark for the first time and touched new record low of 90.29 per dollar, intraday. However, it closed 32 paise lower at 90.19 per dollar against Tuesday's close of 89.87.

On the sectoral front, IT, media, private bank, Telecom rose 0.2-0.6 percent, while PSU Bank shed 3%, and oil & gas, metal, power, PSU, capital goods, consumer durables down 0.5-1.5%.

Max Healthcare, Shriram Finance, Bharat Electronics, Interglobe Aviation, Tata Consumer were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were Wipro, Hindalco Industries, TCS, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.

In stock-specific action, Max Estates shares gained on launching residential project in Gurugram, Bharat Forge shares slipped 1% post Class 8 Truck orders dip, Angel One shares shed 5% as gross client acquisition down 17% YoY in November, RPP Infra share price added 2% bags order worth Rs 25 crore for a road project in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat Pipavav share added 1.2% on signing MoU with NYK India to enhance RoRo infrastructure at Pipavav Port.

More than 280 stocks hit 52-week low, including KNR Construction, Colgate Palmolive, Power Finance, SJVN, CG Consumer, NCC, Page Industries, Chambal Fertiliers, Trent, Mahanagar Gas, Praj Industries, BASF, Clean Science, Deepak Nitrite, Cohance Life, Bata India, PCBL Chemical, among others.

More than 80 stocks hit 52-week high, including Asian Paints, Vedanta, eClerx Services, Can Fin Homes, Jamna Auto, Cupid, Jindal Poly, Hitachi Energy, among others.