At Close, the Sensex was down 843.79 points or 1.46% at 57,147.32, and the Nifty was down 257.50 points or 1.49% at 16,983.50 for the third consecutive session with Nifty finishing below the 17,000 level. SBI Life Insurance, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Life, HUL, and Maruti Suzuki were among the major losers on the Nifty, while Adani Ports, Wipro, Adani Enterprises, HCL Technologies, and Tata Motors were the gainers. About 1036 shares have advanced, 2291 shares declined, and 133 are unchanged. All sectors swung between gains and losses, as Nifty IT, Nifty Media, and Nifty Metal indices gained marginally in trade. Nifty Bank, Nifty Realty, and Nifty Auto indices, however, declined up to 0.4%. BSE midcap and smallcap index fell over 1 percent each.