Also, talks that exchanges may impose additional margins in both the cash and derivatives segments saw the market plunging in the last 40 minutes of trading.
Technology and oil/gas stocks were under fire today. Meanwhile, side counters across sectors such as textile, auto-ancillary and paints also witnessed buying interest.
The 30-stock BSE Sensex shed 56.61 points to close at 4,949.16. From the day