Stock market crash, Feb. 10 -- The Indian stock market continued witnessing selling pressure for the fourth consecutive session on Monday, February 10, with benchmark Sensex falling over 600 points and Nifty 50 moving near 23,350 on the downside in the intraday trade.

The BSE barometer Sensex opened at 77,789 against its previous close of 77,860 and dropped 704 points to the level of 77,156.30. Its NSE counterpart, the Nifty 50, opened at 23,544 against its previous close of 23,559.95 and fell over 200 points, or 0.90 per cent, to the level of 23,337.70.

The selloff was widespread across segments and even more severe in the mid-and small-cap categories, as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices plunged over 2 per cent each.

The overall ma...