Sensex tanks nearly 1,000 pts on US Fed's cautious stance

Indian stock markets tumbled on Thursday, with Sensex closing below 80,000 and Nifty below 24,000 for the first time since late November. The sell-off, driven by hawkish US Fed statements and foreign fund outflows, wiped out Rs 3.8 lakh crore in investor wealth. Selling pressure was broad-based, with ICICI Bank, Reliance, and HDFC Bank leading the decline.

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