Closing bell: Sensex falls 250 points, Nifty below 10,800 after RBI policy decision

Domestic stock markets closed on a negative note on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the key lending rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark index Sensex settled at 35,884.41, down 249.90 points or 0.69 per cent from the previous close, and the Nifty50 index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) fell 84.55 points or 0.74 per cent to close at 10,784.95