Nifty, Sensex plunges at pre-open, revive a little on opening but still over 1.7 pc down

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 5 (ANI): Indian markets experienced one of the worst falls on Monday with both the indices Nifty, and Sensex registering high losses during the opening trade. Indian stock markets followed the global bloodbath.

The Nifty 50 index declined 414.85 points or 1.68 per cent to open at 24,302.85 points while the BSE Sensex slumped 2393.76 points or 2.96 per cent to open at 78,588.19 points.