Sensex Slumps Over 800 Points, Nifty Settles Below 9,000

The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes fell sharply in trade on Tuesday as worries of rising coronavirus contagion in the country continue to spook investors' sentiment. The domestic benchmarks traded in a volatile manner, but gave up gains in the last hour of trade as banking and financial services shares came under selling pressure. The Sensex fell as much as 1,653 points from intra-day highs and the Nifty 50 index closed belo...