
Sensex slips below 81k
MUMBAI [Maha Media]: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday, weighed down by a widespread selloff amid renewed foreign fund outflows and growing geopolitical uncertainties.
The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 636.24 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at 80,737.51. During the day, it dropped 798.66 points or 0.98 per cent to 80,575.09.
The NSE Nifty plunged 174.10 points or 0.70 per cent to 24,542.50.