The Sensex has come off more than 23 per cent from its all-time peak of over 30,000, scaled nearly a year ago on March 4, 2015.
Sinking to its lowest level in 21 months, the market benchmark Sensex on Thursday crashed 807 points to drop below 23,000-mark as concerns over global economy and mounting bad loans wiped off over Rs 3 lakh crore from the wealth of panic-stricken investors.
Marking the eighth biggest single-day fall, the Sensex closed 807.07 points down at 22,951.83 -- a new low for the index during the current NDA regime and the lowest since May 8, 2014 -- when the Lok Sabha elections were underway that saw BJP-led alliance sweeping to power.
Putting the blame for the fall on global factors, the government sought to put a brave face saying the fall in market benchmarks this year has been just about 10 per cent as against much higher declines in other markets.
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