Sensex crashes 2,702 points to close at 54,530 after Russia invades Ukraine; Nifty ends below 16,300.
Nifty Pharma index shed 3.7 percent dragged by the Strides Pharma Science, Cadila Healthcare, Granules India.
Thursday’s loss turned out to be the tenth biggest intra-day fall in the history of the BSE Sensex. The top five biggest crashes were attributable to the news of the outbreak of Corona virus when it lost a mammoth 4,035.13 points intra-day on March 23, 2020.
