New Delhi, March 13 -- The Indian stock market continues reeling under intense selling pressure for the third consecutive session on Friday, March 13, with the benchmarks Sensex and the Nifty 50 falling by 1% each.

The Sensex opened at 75,444 against its previous close of 76,034 and dropped nearly 700 points, or nearly 1%, to the intraday low of 75,335.

The Nifty 50 opened at 23,462 against its previous close of 23,639 and fell over 200 points, or 1%, to an intraday low of 23,419.

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