Sensex crashes over 900pts intra-day: 5 factors behind Monday's market rout

Analysts attribute fallout in domestic equities due to investors' fear of a domino effect after the collapse of big financial institutions in the US, and Europe

Subdued global sentiment due to mayhem in the global financial sector unleashed bears on Dalal Street on Monday. However, fag-end buying in FMCG and select bank stocks, coupled with reports of proposals to halt Ukraine war, lifted benchmark indices sharply off lows.

The S&P BSE Sensex fell 361 points, or 0.62 per cent, to end at 57,629 levels on Monday, while the Nifty50 settled below the 17,000-mark at 16,988, lower by 112 points or 0.65 per cent. 

Market Snapshot: All that happened in the stock market today

During the intra-day trade, the Nifty50 had tumbled