The Indian benchmark indices declined on Wednesday as the Sensex fell over 260 points to close trade at 77,889 and the Nifty closed 35 points lower to end at 24,435 at 3:30 PM.

Previously, during the early morning session, the Sensex opened in green, climbing close to 100 points and tested 78,250, while the NSE Nifty50 fell a little over 20 points and touched 24,450, as of 9:15 AM.