Sensex Tumbles Over 900 Points, Nifty Breaks 14,000; Financials, Metals Drag | Read

The benchmark indices tumbled in noon trading to end the day lower by nearly 2 per cent, making it four successive days of losses, due to selling in financial services and metal stocks. The BSE Sensex ended at 47,409.93, weaker by 937.66 points or 1.94 per cent and the NSE Nifty closed below the 14,000 mark at 13,967.50, down 271.40 points or 1.91 per cent. The broader markets also ended in the red, with the BSE Midcap index ending at 18,276.76, lower by 1.46 per cent and the BSE Smallcap index ending at 18,129.60, down 0.45 per cent. All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the red, with the exception of the FMCG index .