Sensex and Nifty plunged nearly one per cent in early trading

Domestic benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, plunged nearly one percent in early trading today due to a sell-off in banking, financial, and IT stocks, as caution prevailed among investors ahead of the US presidential election.

The 30 share BSE Sensex tumbled 758 points, or 0.95 percent, to 78,966 points, while the Nifty50 declined 242 points, or 0.99 percent, to 24,065 levels when the reports last came in.