Tracking global peers, Indian equity markets, too, slid on Thursday with the benchmark indices S&P BSE Sensex and NSE's Nifty50 entering the bear market. A market is said to enter bear territory if it corrects 20 per cent from its recent high.
Meanwhile, Wall Street stocks plunged on Wednesday, with the Dow confirming a bear market for the first time since the financial crisis after the World Health Organization called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
Meanwhile, Wall Street stocks plunged on Wednesday, with the Dow confirming a bear market for the first time since the financial crisis after the World Health Organization called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
All three major US stock averages ended the session sharply lower, with the benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite index both about 19% below

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