New Delhi, May 22 -- A day after clocking a decent gain of half a per cent, the Indian stock market resumed its downward march. The benchmark, the Sensex, crashed nearly 900 points, and the Nifty 50 slipped below 24,550 during the session on Thursday, May 22.

The Sensex opened at 81,323.05 against its previous close of 81,596.63 and dropped nearly 900 points, or more than 1 per cent, to an intraday low of 80,710.22. The Nifty 50 opened at 24,733.95 against its previous close of 24,813.45 and slipped by over a per cent to an intraday low level of 24,541.60.

Around 12:20 PM, the Sensex was 857 points, or 1.05 per cent, down at 80,739, while the Nifty 50 was 255 points, or 1.03 per cent, down at 24,558. Mid and small-cap segments were mixe...