Black Friday : Sensex Crashes over 1000 points

Mumbai, 28/2: The scare of deadly Coronavirus has caused a bloodbath in the share market.

Sensex and Nifty fell at a remarkable rate in the opening session on Friday, leading to share analysts marking February 28 as ‘Black Friday’. Investor wealth worth over Rs 5 lakh crore has been wiped off.

Sensex has plunged more than 1000 points and settled at 38,580.32 while Nifty, too, dropped more than 300 points to below 11,300. According to reports, all sectoral indices slipped between 1% to 3%. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices down over 2% each.