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Sensex Recovers after Crashing Over 1000 Points; DHFL Tanks 50%
Fri, 21 Sep 01:30 pm

Stock markets in India plunged in the afternoon session today. The BSE Sensex recovered after tanking 1,000 points in intra-day deals.

The fall came on the back of a sharp correction in NBFC and housing finance stocks. Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) skidded over 50% fearing liquidity crisis. The management, however, assauged investor concerns, and said the company has not defaulted on any repayments.

The selloff was so intense that the Sensex crashed over 800 points within a matter of minutes. The recovery was equally swift as the BSE immediately recovered over 700 points.

Financial stocks took a big beating. DHFL, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Can Fin Homes all plunged up to 55%.

Presently, the BSE Sensex is trading down by 240 points and the NSE Nifty is trading down by 99 points.

Among the sectoral indices, automobiles, <>banks, FMCG, infra, metals and pharmaceuticals are all seeing a selloff.

Broader markets too took a battering as <>BSE Midcap and <>BSE Smallcap indices dropped nearly 6% each. However, both the indices recovered significantly and were trading up to 3.5% down at the time of writing.

Note that, the Indian share markets started on a positive note on Friday following lower crude oil prices, a sharp recovery in Indian rupee value vs US dollar.

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