Indian benchmark equity indices fell sharply by over 3% on Monday, the sharpest single-day decline since 26 February. Markets went into a tailspin, dropping a whopping 1,707.94 points due to a possibility of lockdown in Maharashtra state as rise in covid cases made investors jittery. The BSE Sensex ended at 47,883.38, down 1707.94 points or 3.44%. The 50-share index Nifty was at 14,310.80, down 524.05 or 3.53%.
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