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LIVE: Sensex plunges over 350 points; Nifty dips below 9,800-mark
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Markets will remain open tomorrow, leading exchanges BSE and NSE say.
30-share BSE Sensex was down 320.96 points at 31,409.06 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 116.05 to 9,796.75.
The 30-share Sensex opened lower and fell further by 250.02 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 31,500.80 in late morning deals.
The 50-share Nifty of NSE fell below 9,850-level at 9,833.05, down by 79.75 points, or 0.80 per cent.
Shares of telecom, power, financials, IT, Teck, FMCG, capital goods led the losses amid weak Asian cues.
The rupee weakened by 5 paise against the US currency to trade at 63.96 in opening session today due to month-end dollar demand from importers and banks.
US stock futures and Asian share markets tumbled post the North Korea's firing of missile over north Japan, while the yen jumped to four-month highs against the dollar.
Sensex pulled down by index heavyweights HDFC, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Infosys.
On Tuesday, Equity benchmarks opened sharply lower on weakness in Asian peers after the launch of missile by North Korea.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 128.02 points at 31,622.80 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 41.95 points to 9,870.85.