LIVE: Sensex plunges over 350 points; Nifty dips below 9,800-mark

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The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 128.02 points at 31,622.80 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 41.95 points to 9,870.85.

29 August 2017

21:47 IST

Markets will remain open tomorrow, leading exchanges BSE and NSE say.

13:54 IST

30-share BSE Sensex was down 320.96 points at 31,409.06 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 116.05 to 9,796.75.

12:07 IST

The 30-share Sensex opened lower and fell further by 250.02 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 31,500.80 in late morning deals.

The 50-share Nifty of NSE fell below 9,850-level at 9,833.05, down by 79.75 points, or 0.80 per cent.

Shares of telecom, power, financials, IT, Teck, FMCG, capital goods led the losses amid weak Asian cues.

11:26 IST

The rupee weakened by 5 paise against the US currency to trade at 63.96 in opening session today due to month-end dollar demand from importers and banks.

10:27 IST

US stock futures and Asian share markets tumbled post the North Korea's firing of missile over north Japan, while the yen jumped to four-month highs against the dollar.

10:25 IST

 Sensex pulled down by index heavyweights HDFC, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Infosys.

09:53 IST

On Tuesday,  Equity benchmarks opened sharply lower on weakness in Asian peers after the launch of missile by North Korea.