New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Extending its losing streak for the sixth consecutive session, the Indian stock market benchmark Sensex crashed over 800 points in morning trade on Wednesday, February 12, amid mixed global cues. The 30-share pack crashed over 850 points from its previous close to the level of 75,431, while the Nifty 50 touched 22,815 on the downside.

The mid and small-cap segments continued their underperformance as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices plunged up to 3 per cent.

The overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE dropped to nearly Rs.400.5 lakh crore from Rs.408.5 lakh crore in the previous session. Thus, investors lost about Rs.8 lakh crore in a day.More to come.

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