• 1st LD Writethru: 6 die in boat capsizing in E. India • Gold price closes up in Hong Kong • Burundi president sworn in for third term • 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese leaders urge professional Tianjin response • Interview: Cultural exchanges consolidate Jamaica-China friendship -- PM • Explosion hits gov't building in Yemen's Aden, 5 killed • India seeks tighter cooperation with South Pacific island nations: president • Urgent: Myanmar parliament decides to suspend discussion on bill recalling representatives • Roundup: S. Korea fires back scores of shells in response to DPRK shelling • Twelve caught in east China for faking animal drugs

You are here: 　 Home

Indian stocks plunge

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian stocks plunged on Thursday, tracking intensified fears amid a sharp drop in emerging market currencies.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 27,607.82, 323.82 points or 1.16 percent down from previous close of 27,931.64, with a turnover of 638.17 crore rupees. Endi