Mkts extend losses for 3rd day amid broad sell-off

Sensex tanks by 636.24 pts, Nifty plunges by 174.10 pts

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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday, weighed down by a widespread selloff amid foreign fund outflows and growing geopolitical uncertainties.

Domestic markets stayed on the back foot for the third straight session as investors offloaded energy, finance and IT stocks, traders said.

In a volatile trading session, the 30-share BSE index tanked 636.24 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at 80,737.51. During the day, it dropped 798.66 points or 0.98 per cent to 80,575.09.