Sensex plunges 581 points, Nifty closes at 8,269

The carnage on Dalal Street continued on Thursday as the S&P Benchmark BSE Sensex closed below 28,300 points after losing over 580 points. The broader Nifty lost close to 200 points and plunged below 8,300 mark.

All sectors were in red as the investors remain cautious due to global markets taking a fall in wake of coronavirus pandemic.

The 30 share index Sensex slipped as much as 2,155.05 points (7.46%) to 26,714.46 minutes after opening while Nifty 50 index too crashed as much as 636.25 points (7.51%) to 7,832.55 during the early trade.

The Indian rupee opened at 74.95 per dollar on Thursday, down 69 paise against previous close 74.26.

This comes as the number of global COVID-19 cases crossed 200,000-mark that has claimed over 8,900 lives.