See-sawing stocks on Wednesday failed to stand up to selling pressure and ended with losses, with the Sensex hitting a one-week low, bogged down by a dogfight between the US and North Korea over the latter's nuclear programme.
The rupee stoked more worries, slumping to a three-week low against the dollar during the day. "A small recovery in late afternoon trade pulled the markets up from its morning trenches and pushed the benchmark Sensex and the Nifty to close only marginally lower. Lack of consensus among the US, Russia and China on how to pressure (North Korea) to abandon nuclear

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