Oil tumbles as dollar strengthens
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday unveiled a $400-billion stimulus plan to cut long-term interest rates but investors chose to focus on its warning about the outlook for the world's biggest economy and oil consumer.
The 30-share index, which lost 34.13 points in Wednesday's volatile session, fell by 299.62 points, or 1.75 per cent, to 16,765.53 in the first few minutes of trade on Thursday, with all sectoral indices, led by metal and banking, trading in the negative zone.
Brokers attributed the widespread losses to a massive sell-off by funds, influenced by the weak trend in global markets after the US Federal Reserve warned of significant downside risks to the American economy.
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