Markets plummet as bearish sentiment prevails for 5th day; Sensex, Nifty tumble over 2%
The Hindu
Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai settled sharply lower.
Benchmark indices sank for the fifth session on the trot on Thursday, with the Sensex and Nifty tanking over 2% each, tracking extremely weak global trends and selling in index majors HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank.
Unabated selling by foreign institutional investors also continued to weigh on sentiments. Moreover, investors remained cautious ahead of announcement of inflation rate for April and industrial production data for March.
The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,158.08 points or 2.14% to end below the 53,000-level at 52,930.31. During the day, it plummeted 1,386.09 points or 2.56% to 52,702.30.
The NSE Nifty plunged 359.10 points or 2.22% to settle at 15,808.
"Undoubtedly, the biggest negative catalyst continues to be inflation all over global economies. The anxiety at stock markets across globe is on the backdrop Federal Reserve’s next strategy on interest rates...," said Prashanth Tapse, Vice President (Research), Mehta Equities.
From the Sensex firms, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Titan, NTPC and State Bank of India were among the major laggards.
In contrast, Wipro and HCL Technologies were the only gainers.
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