New Delhi, April 2 -- The Sensex and Nifty 50 suffered massive losses of over 2% each in morning deals on Thursday, April 2. A day after rising by more than half a per cent, the benchmarks resumed their downward march after US President Donald Trump's address to the nation.

BSE Sensex plunged over 1,500 points, or 2%, to an intraday low of 71,546, while the NSE barometer Nifty 50 crashed 500 points, or 2%, to the day's low of 22,183.

Investors lost Rs.10 lakh crore in a day as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to Rs.412 lakh crore from Rs.422 lakh crore in the previous session.

Let's take a look at five key factors behind the market selloff:

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