In the broader markets, mid-cap stocks faced a severe blow with the BSE MidCap index erasing 0.67 per cent.

MARKET LIVE: Global selloff pushes Sensex down 300 points; DRL tanks 10%

<strong>Stock market updates:</strong>&nbsp;Indian equities were caught in the global crossfire as a heavy selloff in Chinese tech giants soured sentiment in late noon deals on Tuesday. Add to it, the US markets seemed nervous ahead of the Federal Reserve&#39;s two-day monetary policy meeting that kicks off later in the day.<br />
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	MSCI&#39;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.97 per cent, while the Hong Kong benchmark fell 2.84 per cent. In onshore markets, Chinese bluechips dropped 2.93 per cent. Meanwhile in Europe, the pan-European STOXX 600 index skidded 0.6 per cent and futures attached to all three main Wall Street indices slipped between 0.3-0.5 per cent.</div>
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	Against this backdrop, the BSE Sensex and the NSE&#39;s Nifty50 tanked 273.5 points and 78 points to end at 52,579 and 15,746 levels, respectively. In the broader markets, mid-cap stocks faced a severe blow with the BSE MidCap index erasing 0.67 per cent. The BSE SmallCap index, on the other hand, was down 0.11 per cent.</div>

Sensex drops 274 pts, Nifty ends below 15,750; DRL sinks 10%, Axis Bank 3%

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&gt;&gt; At 8:26 AM, SGX Nifty was ruling 44 points higher at 15,867 levels<br />
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Wall Street indices hit record closing highs

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	In the overnight session, all three major US stock indices eked out record closing highs for a second straight session as investors were optimistic heading into a slew of earnings from heavyweight technology and internet names this week.<br />
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	The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&amp;P 500 closed 0.24% higher each and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.03%.</div>
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In Asia, most markets gained and even Chinese and Hong Kong indices stabilised. Japan&rsquo;s Topix index added 0.6%, Australia&rsquo;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 index rose 0.4%, South Korea&rsquo;s Kospi index increased 0.8% and Hong Kong&rsquo;s Hang Seng and China&rsquo;s Shanghai Composite indices added 0.2% each.

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Sensex drops 274 pts, Nifty ends below 15,750; DRL sinks 10%, Axis Bank 3%

In the broader markets, mid-cap stocks faced a severe blow with the BSE MidCap index erasing 0.67 per cent.

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Wall Street indices hit record closing highs

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