The Nifty50 index hit a 10 percent lower circuit today,13th March, bringing trading to a halt for 45 minutes as sell-off worsened in the Indian markets. Sensex tumbled over 3000 points, or 9.43 percent, at 29,690 levels. The markets will open for pre-open at 10:20 AM
In Sensex, index heavyweights Kotak Mahindra Bank and Tata Consultancy Services tumbled over 14 percent each. Reliance was down 10 percent and the HDFC twins fell over 5 percent each.