<h1>Equity benchmarks snap six-day rally, each down about 0.85% as heavy selling in blue chips hits markets</h1> Equity benchmark indices ended a six-day rally, each falling about 0.85% as intense selling in major blue-chips weighed on markets; one index lost roughly 694 points and the other about 214 points. Several large-cap stocks were notable laggards while a handful recorded gains. Market participants were also focused on upcoming remarks from the US central bank chair at an international policy symposium. Regional Asian and European markets largely traded higher, US markets had declined the prior day, foreign institutional investors were net buyers, and global crude prices fell modestly.