Bulls quarantined by coronavirus spread, Sensex ends below 40K-mark

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,337 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DII) tried to offset some selling by pumping in Rs 2,786 crore into stocks

Sundar Sethuraman | Mumbai
Last Updated at February 26, 2020 23:11 IST

Markets continue to rally on RBI policy fillip; Sensex rises 164 points

The benchmark indices fell for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday as investors across the globe shunned riskier assets because the spread of coronavirus showed no signs of abating. Experts say investors are fretting over the impact of the outbreak on the global economy and corporate earnings.

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