Sensex crashes again, Markets shut for 1 hour
Trading was suspended for one hour at the Bombay Stock Exchange after the benchmark Sensex fell to the low of 15,576.30 within minutes of opening, crossing the circuit limit of 10 per cent.
Yesterday, the 30-share barometer tumbled by 1,408 points on concerns regarding the American economy going into recession.
The market opened at 16,884.09 points. At the time suspension, the Sensex was quoted at 15,576.30 points, plunging 11.53 per cent from Monday’s close.
A similar trend was witnessed at the National Stock Exchange, whose barometer Nifty opened at 5,203.35, and later spiralled downward to a low of 4,569.50, a slide of 12.1 per cent. It was last trading at 4,578.35 points.
If the Nifty falls another 306.93 points and the Sensex another 1,326.63 after the market opens at 10.55AM, then trading will be halted for another two hours, reported NDTV Profit.
This is the fourth instance that the market has hit 10% lower circuit, said a CNBC-TV18 report. The first time was during the Harshad Mehta scam in 1992, then in 2004, when the NDA lost to the Congress and in October 2007, when the P-Note issue was on. The Sensex is down 25%, Nifty, down 28% and CNX Midcap is down 31% from its life-time highs
