Benchmark indices took a beating after hitting record highs earlier today, led by across the board selling. Indices fell ahead of the monthly settlement of futures and options contracts on Thursday.
By the close, Indian investors had lost nearly Rs 2.26 lakh crore in wealth, with shares of the three most valuable companies seeing m-cap erosion of Rs 39,581 crore. IT and banking stocks were hit badly. 211 stocks hit their lower circuit limits. Select midcaps fell up to 7 percent.
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