IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 39.93 points or 0.05% to 83,392.96. The Nifty 50 index lost 24.40 points or 0.10% to 25,444.40.

The death toll, as of Sunday at 10 p.m., of 81 fatalities, makes the Central Texas flash floods on July 4 the second-deadliest flood disaster in Texas history.