| Updated on × Nifty 50 March Futures (15,033) The Sensex and Nifty 50 started the session with a gap-down open and continues to trade in the negative territory. Last session the US key indices Dow Jones and S&P 500 declined 1.3 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively on the back of selling interest. Asian markets are weak and marginally hovering in the negative territory, the Nikkei 225 is down by 0.23 per cent to 28,864 and Hang Seng index is almost hovering flat at 29,211 levels in today's session. The Sensex and the Nifty 50 are down by 0.3 per cent and 0.5 per cent respectively. The market breadth of the nifty 50 is biased towards declines. The India VIX- volatility index has jumped 6 per cent to 25 levels implying increase in volatility. The Nifty mid and small-cap indices have fallen 1.3 per cent and 0.8 per cent correspondingly. Among the sectoral indices, only Nifty FMCG and media are hovering slightly in the positive territory whereas other sectoral indices are in red. Nifty PSU Bank index has slumped 3.3 per cent followed by Nifty metal index that has declined 2.2 per cent.