New Delhi, April 23 -- Stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, continued witnessing a strong selloff for the second consecutive session on Thursday, 23 April. In intraday trade on Thursday, the 30-share pack crashed by more than 800 points, or 1%, while the NSE barometer Nifty 50, too, plunged 1% to the day's low of 24,135.

However, the mid and small-cap segments continued their outperformance. The Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 indices declined by up to half a per cent during Thursday's session after closing higher on Wednesday.

Over the just two sessions, the Sensex has crashed nearly 1,600 points, or 2%. The Nifty 50 has also lost almost 2% over the two days.

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