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Key factors that led to massive sell-off on D-Street today

Sensex tumbled over 1,000 points in the intraday trade while the broader NSE's Nifty50 index slipped below 10,300

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Swati Verma New Delhi
Mirroring global peers, the domestic stock market shattered on Thursday with the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty plunging 2 per cent each.

The S&P BSE Sensex tumbled over 1,000 points in the intraday trade while the broader NSE's Nifty50 index slipped below 10,300 level. At the close, Sensex stood at 34,001, down 760 points or 2.19 per cent. Nifty50 index settled 225 points or 2 per cent lower at 10,235. 

"India had a pullback yesterday due to short covering post a fall of about 12 per cent from the 52-week high in a span of one month. We started with a strong selling