The Sensex tumbled below the 10,000-mark to a low of 9,799, and finally settled with a loss of 696 points at 9,840.
The BSE Realty index slumped over 10% to 2,209. The Metal index shed 8.4% at 5,234, and the Power index plunged 7.7% to 1,769.
The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,602 stocks traded, 1,766 declined, 759 advanced and 77 were unchanged.
Jaiprkash Associates slumped over 12% to Rs 85. Sterlite and Tata Steel plunged 11% each to Rs 248 and Rs 191, respectively.
Hindalco and DLF tumbled over 10% each to Rs 60 and Rs 268, respectively.
BHEL shed 9.7% at Rs 1,367. Satyam dropped over 9% to Rs 269.
ONGC and Tata Motors slipped around 10.5% each to Rs 735 and Rs 155, respectively.
Wipro, Mahindra & Mahindra and ICICI Bank declined around 8% each to Rs 248, Rs 357 and Rs 434, respectively.
Reliance dropped 7.5% to Rs 1,207. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Power were down around 7% each at Rs 658, Rs 578 and Rs 753, respectively.
Comments