Stock market crash, May 11 -- A strong wave of selloff engulfed the Indian stock market on Monday, 11 May, dragging the benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- down by more than 1% each during the session.

The 30-share pack Sensex crashed almost 1,100 points, or more than 1%, to an intraday low of 76,237, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 plunged more than 1% to the day's low of 23,864. The BSE 150 Midcap and 250 Smallcap indices also declined by up to a per cent during the session.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly Rs.468 lakh crore from Rs.473.5 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors poorer by more than Rs.5 lakh crore.

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