Biggest fall in 7 months: Sensex slips by 2037 points; BSE market cap reduced by 6.57 lakh crores, lower circuit in 466 shares

Market majors fall in shares

company	Closing price	Decline (%)
reliance	1939.75	2.64
HDFC	2412.15	2.69
HDFC Bank	1372.40	2.75
ICICI Bank	494.35	4.39
Bajaj Finance	5042.60	3.99
ITC	202.95	5.38
SBI	254.60	6.19
ONGC	89.90	9.15

Heavy selling in Nifty too

The Nifty has closed down 432 points at 13,328.40 due to all-round selling. The NSE Nifty Bank index closed down 1,258 points (4.10%) at 29,456.45. The Nifty Metal Index is down 178 points (5.54%) at 3,038.25. Shares of Tata Motors and ONGC closed down 9-9% in the Nifty index. GAIL shares closed down 8%, IndusInd Bank and Hindalco shares down 7-7%. The BSE Sensex was down 28.51 points at 46,932.18 and the Nifty opened 18.65 points down at 13,741.90.