New Delhi, April 22 -- Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, suffered strong losses in intraday trade on Wednesday, 22 April, after rising for the last three consecutive sessions.

The Sensex crashed more than 800 points, or 1%, to an intraday low of 78,442, while the NSE barometer Nifty 50 plunged over 200 points, or nearly 1%, to the day's low of 24,353.

However, the mid and small-cap segments exhibited resilience. The Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 indices rose by up to half a per cent during the session.

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