Sensex hits 15 months low, sink over 1942 points or 5.17% at 35634.95, while Nifty was down 538.00 points or 4.90% at 10451.50. About 355 shares have advanced, 2146 shares declined, and 168 shares are unchanged. ONGC, Vedanta, Reliance Industries, Zee Entertainment and IndusInd Bank were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Yes Bank, BPCL, Bharti Infratel and Eicher Motors.
BSE MidCap index down 506 points, or 4.6 per cent, and the S&P BSE SmallCap index was down 592 points, or 5.5 per cent. All the Nifty sectoral indices were in the red. Nifty Metal index, down 4 per cent, bled the most.