New Delhi, March 30 -- The sell-off in the Indian stock market further deepened in Monday's session, March 30, as the war in West Asia stretched into its fifth week, keeping riskier assets out of investors' favour, while relentless selling by overseas investors hammered the key indices, pushing them toward their worst monthly decline in six years.

The markets opened the session lower, and selling continued throughout the day, with the Nifty 50 eventually settling at the day's low of 22,352, down 2% compared to Friday's close, while the S&P BSE Sensex lost another 2.08% in trade to close at 72,053.

As the sell-off dragged into the third session, both indices closed the month with double-digit losses, declining over 11%, marking their wor...