Stock market crash, March 2 -- The benchmark Sensex ended lower for the third consecutive session on Monday, 2 March, losing 1,048 points, or 1.29%, to end at 80,238.85. The NSE counterpart, the Nifty 50, settled at 24,865.70, down 313 points, or 1.24%.

In these three sessions, the Sensex has lost 2,037 points, or 2.5%, and investors have become poorer by more than Rs.10 lakh crore as the cumulative market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to below Rs.457 lakh crore on Monday from Rs.467.4 lakh crore on Wednesday, February 25.

Meanwhile, as many as 869 stocks hit their 52-week lows on the BSE.

TCS, ITC, Trent, Wipro, Coforge, Dixon Technologies, Info Edge (India), Shree Cement, SRF, Suzlon Energy, and United Spirits were among...