BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 tanked nearly 3 per cent on Monday, on the back of inflation concerns, fears of aggressive interest rate hikes by the US Fed, volatile crude oil prices, Indian Rupee freefall, and FII outflows
Benchmark indices were sharply lower on Friday, tracking a plunge in global markets on inflation fears and ahead of the US May CPI data. In late morning deals, the BSE Sensex fell over 850 points to 54,461, while the NSE Nifty 50 shed 200 points to hover around 16,250.