Sensex slumps over 500 points, Nifty falls around 150 points

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Last Updated : Dec 16 2014 | 2:57 PM IST

Reuters Market Eye - The Sensex and the Nifty both fall around 2 percent. The benchmark heads towards the seventh session of decline in eight after marking its lowest intraday level since Oct. 29.

Falls tracking rupee's decline to 13-month low after a sharp rate hike in Russia raised global growth concerns.

Blue-chips decline: ICICI Bank falls over 4 percent and Sesa Sterlite slumps more than 7 percent.

Sliding oil prices and a downbeat China factory survey also weighed on Asian shares.

India's trade deficit widened to an 18-month high of $16.86 bln in Nov.

Overseas investors sold shares worth of 4.56 bln rupees ($72.6 mln) on Monday - NSE.

($1 = 62.8000 rupees)

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)

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