New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Indian stock market selloff, which began in October last year, shows no signs of easing. The benchmark index has dropped 13 per cent overall since then and is now 14 per cent below its all-time high of 26,277.35, reached on September 27.

On a monthly scale, the Nifty 50 plunged 6 per cent in October, followed by a 0.31 per cent decline in November. In December, it declined further by 2 per cent.

The intensity subsided in January when the index lost just 0.60 per cent. However, in February so far, the index has seen a sharp selloff and is down by 4 per cent. Nifty 50 now looks set to extend the losing streak to the fifth consecutive month.

Over the past month (since January 25), the Nifty 50 has declined 2.4 pe...