New Delhi, April 24 -- The Indian stock market continued witnessing a strong selloff for the third consecutive session on Friday, 24 April, with the benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- crashing by 1% each during the session.

The 30-share pack crashed more than 800 points, or 1%, to an intraday low of 76,829, while the Nifty 50 plunged by 1% to the day's low of 23,944.

Investors lost more than Rs.4 lakh crore as the overall market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed firms dropped to Rs.462 lakh crore during the session from Rs.466 lakh crore in the previous session.

In just three consecutive sessions, the Sensex has plunged more than 2,400 points, or 3%, while the NSE barometer Nifty 50 has crashed 2.6%. Investors have become poor...