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Stock market: Trading halted after Sensex, NIFTY crash over Coronavirus scare

| @indiablooms | Mar 23, 2020, at 10:43 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The trading in Dalal Street was halted after BSE Sensex and NIFTY crashed in the opening hour amid the scare over Novel Coronavirus which has kept the world on edge.

The Sensex took a plunge by 2,991.85 points while NIFTY plummeted by 842.45 points.

The trading will resume after 10:58 am.

The Indian market has been witnessing blood bath over the last few days.

The Coronavirus outbreak has left seven people dead and close to 400 people infected across India.

The crash in the stock market came on a day 75 districts across the country will be locked down barring essential services till the end of the month.

All passengers trains have been stopped by the government till Mar 31 while no international flights are now not allowed to land in India for a week which began on Mar 22.

All inter-state buses have been stopped.

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