Mumbai, Feb 22: As the Russia-Ukraine crisis worsened, the BSE Sensex on Tuesday plunged 1,245 points to open at 56,438.64.
The Nifty too fell by 359 points at 16,847.95. At 2 pm, the Sensex was at 57,317.18, down 358.88 points or 0.62 per cent while the Nifty was at 17,100.15, down 106.50 points or 0.62 per cent.
The Sensex registered the day’s high and low at 57,019.13 and 56,394.85 points respectively. The Nifty registered the day’s high and low at 17,010.30 and 16,843.80 points respectively.
The Mid Cap fell 1 per cent and Small Cap by 1.35 per cent.
All sectoral indices were in the red and all 30 scrips fell.
The losers were Tata Steel by 3.20 per cent to Rs 1,143.65, TCS by 3.12 per cent to Rs 3,604, Bharti Airtel by 2.20 per cent to Rs 694.20, Dr Reddy’s Lab by 2.20 per cent to Rs 4,202.70 and L & T by 1.70 per cent to Rs 1,831.40.
