Sensex crashes 2000 points, Nifty slips below 9,300

New Delhi: Markets continued to bleed further on Monday in the pre-closing hours, with both the equity indices falling over 5 percent.

At 3.10 PM, the BSE Sensex tanked 2014.17 points or 5.97 percent to 31,703.45 while the NSE Nifty crashed 564.50 points or 5.73 percent to 9,295.40.

The bloodbath in the market were impacted by global cues and the round three of the nation-wide lockdown to contain the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Auto and financial stocks have been the worst hit in today’s market crash.