Sensex Records Worst Fall Since 2008, Tanks 2,919 Points, Nifty at 9,590, Dalal Street Witnesses Bloodbath Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Mumbai, March 12:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천On Thursday Sensex recorded the worst fall since 2008, by ending almost 3,000 points down. The markets opened in the red and continued to tread in the negative terrain tracking weak global markets which were rattled after the World Health Organisation declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a "pandemic". The Sensex ended the day at 32,778, down 2,919 points (8 percent). Nifty, on the other hand, ended the Thursday session at 9,590, down 868 points (8.30 percent). Nifty50 index breached the psychological mark of 10,000 today for the first time since March 26, 2018. All the sectoral indices on the BSE and NSE were trading in the red.

The Dalal Street mayhem wiped off investor wealth worth over Rs 10 lakh crore today.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The rupee plunged 82 paise to 74.50 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 In India, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases shot up to 73 on Thursday, with Kerala being the worst affected with 17 cases, followed by Maharashtra. On the BSE index, all the scrips ended in the deep red with SBI down 13.23 percent, followed by ONGC and AXIS Bank, down 12 percent each.

Globally, over 119,400 confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been reported among which over 4,300 people have succumbed to the virus. Talking about the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천international markets, the Wall Street stocks plunged on Wednesday. Coronavirus Outbreak: Donald Trump Says 'US Will Suspend All Travel From Europe to US For Next 30 Days' to Control the Spread of COVID-19.

The Asian markets echoed similar sentiments, with슬롯 머신 사이트 추천MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan losing 4.1 per cent to its lowest level since early 2019, and Japan's Nikkei dropping슬롯 머신 사이트 추천5.3 per cent.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Australia's benchmark dived 7.4 per cent while South Korea's KOSPI fell 4.6 per cent to a four-and-a-half-year low.

US President슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the country will suspend all슬롯 머신 사이트 추천travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days. According to an ANI tweet, the new rules will go into effect from Friday at midnight. The decision has been taken by the government to슬롯 머신 사이트 추천control the spread of the deadly disease.

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