The 30-share pack Sensex declined 571.44 points or 0.99 per cent to close at 57,292.49. Its broader peer NSE Nifty slumped 169.45 points or 0.98 per cent to 17,117.60, , stock market, sensex, nifty, crude oil prices, russia ukraine, opec, aramco
NSE Nifty 50 index closed 0.98 per cent or 169.45 points lower at 17,117.60, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex lost 0.99 per cent or 571.44 points to end at 57,292.49.
Benchmark market indices Sensex and Nifty dropped sharply on Friday as investors panicked over the detection of a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in South Africa.