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Indian market: Sensex nosedives 487.43 pts

| @indiablooms | Mar 12, 2021, at 11:05 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Snapping a gaining streak of last three sessions, the BSE Sensex on Friday dropped 487.43 pts to settle at 50,792.08 in highly volatile trade as selling was seen across the board.

The Nifty too fell by 143.85 pts to 15,030.95.

The Sensex opened on a strong note at 51,660.98, up by 381 pts. It rallied 542 pts to 51,821.84, days high.

In late trade it was slumped nearly 745 pts to 50,538.43 days low before closing at 50,792.08, sliding by 487.43 pts from its previous close.

The Sensex registered days high and low at 51,821.84 and 50,538.43 pts respectively.

The Nifty recorded days high and low at 15,336.30 and 14,953.60 pts.

The sectoral indices that fell were Auto, Energy, Bankex and Metal stocks. The scrips that declined were Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma and Reliance Industries.

The Mid Cap fell by 0.45 pc while the Small Cap rose by 0.14 pc.

In 30 scrips, 4 advanced while 26 declined.

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