GUWAHATI, Nov 4: The bloodbath in the Indian stock market continued in Novemner with both the major indices, Nifty and Sensex, tanking more than 1.5 per cent on Monday.
The Nifty tanked 445 points or 1.83 per cent to break the 24,000 mark while the BSE Sensex tanked 1350 points or 1.69 per cent to fall below 79,000.
The Sensex had opened at 79,713.14 against a previous close of 79,724.12 and crashed to the level of 78,232.60. Nifty 50 opened at 24,315.75 against its previous close of 24,304.35 and fell 2 per cent to the level of 23,816.15.
On the other hand, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices fell 2 per cent, media reports stated.
Meanwhile, one of the main reasons of the fall has been attributed to the US presidential elections which will take place on Tuesday (Nov 5).
