Adani stock rout roils markets; Sensex falls 874 pts, Nifty ends at 17,600

Group loses $50 bn in m-cap in two sessions; Contagion fear drags market, banking stocks

The rout in Adani group stocks, triggered by a scathing report from US-based investment research firm Hindenburg Research, spooked the Indian market on Friday amid fears of contagion.

The Nifty50 index fell 288 points, or 1.61 per cent — the most since December 23 — to settle at 17,604, while the Sensex dropped 874 points, or 1.5 per cent, to end the session at 59,331, its lowest close since October 21. The Sensex had plunged as much as 2 per cent, or 1,230 points, in intra-day trade.

The Bank Nifty index fell 3.13 per cent, with shares of SBI and ICICI Bank