New Delhi, March 27 -- The Indian stock market witnessed a strong across-segments selloff on Friday, March 27, which drove the benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- down by more than 2% each, eroded investors' wealth by about Rs.9 lakh crore in a single session, and dragged more than 900 stocks to their 52-week low levels.

The 30-share pack Sensex crashed 1,690 points, or 2.25%, to close the day at 73,583, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 suffered a loss of 487 points, or 2.09%, to settle at 22,820. The BSE 150 Midcap index crashed 2.18%, while the BSE 250 Smallcap index plunged 1.82%.

The total market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to Rs.422 lakh crore from Rs.431 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors po...