The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex on Thursday shed 369 points, the biggest fall in nearly three weeks, to close below the psychological 15,000-point level on sustained selling pressure, particularly in realty, bank and consumer goods counters.
The 30-share barometer, which fell 119 points in the previous day’s trading, lost 368.94 points to 14,724.18 on Thursday. It dipped to the day’s low of 14,686.66 and saw a high of 15,033.28 points.
The National Stock Exchange index Nifty also fell by 90.35 points to 4,430.70.
Realty stocks bore the maximum brunt, with the BSE Realty Index plunging 7.97 per cent, or 447.30 points, to 5,163.53. Real estate major DLF, which crashed by 8.66 per cent, was the worst performing stock among the Sensex club.
Banking stocks tumbled, with sectoral majors State Bank of India and ICICI Bank taking a major hit of 6.24 per cent and 5.25 per cent respectively.