Stock Market Highlights: Nifty falls below 23,150, Sensex sheds 778 pts; Realty worst hit, IT bucks trend

Stock Market Highlights: Domestic markets extended their losing streak for a third straight session, with the Nifty falling to a five-month low as broad-based selling hit financials, midcaps, defence, capital goods and crude-sensitive stocks, while IT emerged as a key outperformer.