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Three reasons why Sensex has crashed over 1,700 points in last 3 sessions

Analysts say that the domestic market has started showing some indications of fatigue. Globally, the major concern now is that the Fed might oversteer the economy

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Harshita Singh New Delhi
Just two days after reclaiming five-month highs on Tuesday, the domestic markets have gone into a tailspin. Over the last three sessions, the BSE Sensex has shed 1,730 points, while the NSE Nifty has slipped 539 points. 

On Friday, the Sensex crashed over 1,200 points intra-day before closing at 58,841, down 1,093 points or 1.82 per cent. The NSE Nifty50, too, sunk to a low of 17,505 before shutting shop at 17,530, down 346 points or 1.94 per cent.

Today's mayhem in the domestic equities follows a batch of macro reports in the US, which did little to ease concerns about

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