05-15-2006, 10:45 PM
<b>Sensex registers third largest fall</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The fall, the third largest in the history of the Bombay Stock Exchange, took the market bellwether to a one month low of 11,822.20 points and evoked memories of "black Monday".
The Sensex had registered the <b>biggest ever fall of 570 points on April 28, 1992</b>, which happened to be a Monday. It fell by<b> 565 points, its second biggest fall, on May 17, 2004, also on a Monday</b>.
The 30-share Sensitive Index (Sensex) crumpled to the day's low of 11,770.76 before ending the day at 11,822.20 from Friday's close of 12,285.11, a fall of 462.91 points or 3.77 per cent.
The index has adjusted to a <b>downward correction by a huge 790 points in the three consecutive trading sessions</b>.
The National Stock Exchange's (NSE) S&P CNX Nifty also nose-dived by 147.10 points or 4.03 per cent to close at 3,502.95 from last weekend's close of 3,650.05
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The Sensex had registered the <b>biggest ever fall of 570 points on April 28, 1992</b>, which happened to be a Monday. It fell by<b> 565 points, its second biggest fall, on May 17, 2004, also on a Monday</b>.
The 30-share Sensitive Index (Sensex) crumpled to the day's low of 11,770.76 before ending the day at 11,822.20 from Friday's close of 12,285.11, a fall of 462.91 points or 3.77 per cent.
The index has adjusted to a <b>downward correction by a huge 790 points in the three consecutive trading sessions</b>.
The National Stock Exchange's (NSE) S&P CNX Nifty also nose-dived by 147.10 points or 4.03 per cent to close at 3,502.95 from last weekend's close of 3,650.05
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