Benchmark indices closed lower for third straight trading session, amid negative global cues, with metal shares leading the decline tracking a fall in global commodity prices.
Further, selling by foreign institutional investors and weakness in the rupee and oil further dampened market sentiment.
Besides, growth in India's services firms fell to a four-month low of 53.7 in April from 54.3 in March on the back of new business growing slower than the previous months, a business survey showed on Wednesday.
