New Delhi, May 27 -- After two consecutive sessions of healthy gains, Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, suffered significant losses in intraday trade on Tuesday, May 27. The Sensex opened at 82,038.20 against its previous close of 82,176.45 and crashed over 900 points, or 1 per cent, to an intraday low of 81,261.96. The Nifty 50 opened at 24,956.65 against its previous close of 25,001.15 and dropped over 1 per cent to an intraday low of 24,737.70. However, the mid and small-cap segments outperformed with mild losses.

Around 10:30 AM, the Sensex was 839 points, or 1.02 per cent, down at 81,337, while the Nifty 50 was trading 242 points, or 0.97 per cent, lower at 24,759.

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