Sensex extends losses, fall 2 pct on China sell-off

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Jan 04 2016 | 1:57 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's stock markets extended losses on Monday falling 2 percent and hitting their lowest level in nearly two weeks led a by 7 percent fall in Chinese equities that prompted exchanges in China to suspend trading.

The broader NSE Nifty was down as much as 2.1 percent at 1.50 p.m. The index hit its lowest intra-day level since Dec. 22 earlier in the session.

The benchmark BSE Sensex was down 2.03 percent after falling as much as 2 percent.

(Reporting by Karen Rebelo in Mumbai; Editing by Sunil Nair)

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