Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled more than 1 per cent today due to selling in index heavyweights in tandem with weak global trends ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
On Thursday, at close, BSE Sensex was down 230.12 points or 0.37 per cent at 61,750.60 and NSE Nifty was down 65.75 points or 0.36 per cent at 18,343.90.
Indian equity benchmarks on Tuesday extended their fall for the second straight session, dragged by technology, consumer, automobile and pharma stocks.