And the downfall continued.
After the Sensex shedding 1.1% during the previous week, the first trading of the current week provided another negative jolt.
The weak investor sentiment amid expectations of further rise in interest rates coupled with disappointing earnings from index heavyweights saw the BSE benchmark index plunge below the 18,000 mark and the Nifty closing below the crucial 5,400 mark.
At the close, the Sensex shed 332 points to end at 17,993 and the CNX Nifty shed 99 points to close the trade at 5,386.
In the broader markets, the midcap index lost 1.4% to close at 6,661 while the smallcap index shed 1.5% to end at 8,057, relatively outperforming the Sensex which was down 1.8%.
The markets opened in the red earlier in the day on the back of a dismal set of cues from the Asian front. Thereon the markets slid lower through the day.
The nervous opening across Europe only intensified the downfall which saw the Nifty slipping to nine week lows.
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