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India's benchmark stock indices slide 2% as Covid-19 risks heighten

Bank stocks lead the fall; FIIs pull out Rs 3,465 crore

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Sundar Sethuraman Mumbai
India’s benchmark indices dropped 2 per cent on Friday, erasing half of the gains made in the previous four trading sessions, as investors reassessed the economic outlook in the light of the rising Covid-19 cases and restrictions imposed by various states.
 
The Sensex ended the session at 48,782, a loss of 983 points, or 1.98 per cent —the most in three weeks. The Nifty fell 264 points, or 1.77 per cent, to close at 14,631.
 
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,465 crore on Friday, while domestic investors provided buying support to the tune of Rs