Closing Bell: Sensex Tanks Nearly 4000 Points, Nifty Falls Below 7,600

BSE Sensex nosedives on Monday when it crashed nearly 4,000 points to end at 25981.24 while Nifty tanked 1135 points to end at 7610.25. In the previous session on Friday, equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 1,627 points on Friday in line with global stocks as governments across the world took drastic measures to combat the economic blowback of Covid-19.

Similarly, the NSE Nifty zoomed 482 points, or 5.83 per cent, to close at 8,745.45. ONGC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying around 18 per cent, followed by HUL, UltraTech Cement, RIL, TCS, HDFC, ITC and Asian Paints.