The fall can be attributed to negative news flow on subprime motgage worries from the US. Asia also ended in deep red down between 3%-4%. Taiwan saw the highest fall and was down 4.3% followed by Seoul Comp, Jakarta Comp, Strait Times and Shanghai Comp.
Europ opened in red, CAC and DAX were down nearly 2% each.
All the BSE sector indices closed in deep red. Realty index was the worst hit down over 6% followed by bank, capital goods, metal and oil & gas downover 4% each.
The broader markets also closed in red, with acut of nearly 4%. All the Sensex stocks closed in the red.
On the F&O side Nifty futures discount widened to 42 points; OI was up 78.9 lakh shares. SAIL was down 5%, added 46.4 lakh shares in open. ITC was down Over 3.3%, added 19.6 lakh shares in open interest and Bharti was down 4.4%, added 17.8 lakh shares in open interest.
Sensex was down 615.22 points or 3.96% at 14935.77, and the Nifty down 183.00 points or 4.04% at 4345.85.
About 691 shares have advanced, 2240 shares declined, and 53 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,461.46 down 256 points or 3.8%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,775.90 down 294 points or 3.7%.
The BSE Bankex was down 4% at 8,055.14. Union Bank, Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, PNB, Canara Bank moved downwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 4.7% at 12,697.41. Bharat Elec, AIA Engineering, Crompton Greave, Bharat Bijlee, Reliance Infra, Alstom Projects, Punj Lloyd closed lower.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,771.54 down 3.3%. Escorts, Mah and Mah, Tata Motors, Exide Industrie, Bharat Forge, Cummins, Hind Motors closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 11,071.28 down 5%. Shree Precoated, Hindalco, Sterlite Ind, JindalStainless, Hind Zinc, JSW Steel closed lower.
The BSE FMCG Index closed at 1,926.21 down 2.4%. Tata Tea, Colgate, United Brewerie, Dabur India, United Spirits closed higher.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,772.65 down 4.4%. Petronet LNG, Reliance Natura, Reliance, HPCL, BPCL ended in red.
The BSE IT Index lost 3% at 4,711.32. Patni Computer, Financial Tech, HCL Tech, I-Flex Solution closed lower.
The BSE Realty index was down 6.6% at 7,332.51. HDIL, Indiabulls Real, Parsvnath, Peninsula Land, Unitech, Sobha Developer ended in deep red.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 12640.07crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 55904.92 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 6634.82 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 75179.81 crore.