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  At market close on Tuesday the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 ended on a slightly ,lower side after opening in the green in the morning session.

Indian stocks opened 2 per cent lower on Monday with the rupee plunging to a new low of 78.28 per dollar.  

The benchmark indices denied having a cheerful weekend and witnessed a steep fall with Sensex dipping over 1,000 points. Taking cues from losses in global peers, BSE Sensex plunged 1,114 points intraday before settling at 54,303, down by 1,017 points or 1.84 per cent. Meanwhile, Nifty 50 held the 16,200-mark to settle at the 16,202 level, sinking 276 points or 1.68 per cent. 

At 11.30 am on Friday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower by more than a per cent each as the global indices fell sharply due to various reasons as listed below. 

Sensex traded with minor gains of 49 points at 54,941 at 10.52 am.