New Delhi, March 30 -- The Indian stock market witnessed a strong across-the-board rally in morning trade on Monday, March 30, with the Sensex and the Nifty 50 crashing over 1%.

The Sensex crashed 1,200 points, or 1.6%, to an intraday low of 72,392, while the Nifty 50 plunged 350 points, or 1.5%, to the day's low of 22,470.

Investors lost about Rs.5 lakh crore within minutes as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms declined to Rs.417 lakh crore compared to Rs.422 lakh crore in the previous session.

Here are the key factors behind the stock market crash today:

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