Sensex crashes over 1,100 points, ends below 60,000

Benchmark stock market indices Sensex and Nifty plummeted on Thursday as metal stocks extended losses on easing supply chain problems.

Indian shares saw their worst one-day fall since April, tumbling nearly 2% on Thursday, with metal stocks leading losses on easing supply problems.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 1.94% and 1.89% to 17,857.25 and 59,984.70, respectively.