Markets in global meltdown

17605.40 19013.70 (1,408.35) (7.4)

18-May-06

11391.4312217.81(826.38)(6.8)

17-Dec-07

19261.3520030.83(769.48)(3.8) 18-Oct-0717998.3918715.80(717.43)(3.8) 18-Jan-0819013.7019700.80(687.12)(3.5)
Continued sales by foreign funds, a squeeze in domestic liquidity, and panic sales by retail investors accentuated the fall.

The Sensex plunged 1,408.35 points, or 7.41 per cent, to 17,605.35