Mumbai, Aug 19 - A fall in Chinese bourses weighed heavily on Indian equities markets, with a key index ending trade Wednesday 225 points below its previous close.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 15,079.04 points, ended at 14,809.64 points, down 225.62 points or 1.5 percent.

The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also closed in the red, losing 1.45 percent from its previous closing figure to end at 4,394.1 points.

Broader market indices too closed in the negative terrain, with the BSE midcap index ending 1.14 percent down, while the the BSE smallcap index closed 0.52 percent lower.

The NSE's Volatility Index - a measure of the market's expectation of volatility over the short term - stood at 45.04 points Tuesday, higher than the 35-point mark that indicates risk.

The market breadth was negative, with 1,134 stocks advancing, 1,490 declining and 89 remaining unchanged.

Of the 30 stocks on the Sensex, only three ended on the gainer's list: HDFC, up 1.56 percent at Rs.2,357.15; HDFC Bank, up 0.44 percent at Rs.1,447.20; and L&T, up 0.22 percent at Rs.1,481.

Among the losers were ACC, down 5.