Sensex, Nifty suffer biggest weekly drop in over 2 years

Equity indices continued to reel under pressure from global markets as both sensex and Nifty logged their worst weekly fall in over 2 years. Falling for the 6th straight session on Friday, the 30-share BSE index fell 135 points or 0.26 per cent to close at 51,360. While, the broader NSE Nifty settled 67 points ot 0.44 per cent lower at 15,293. During the week, the sensex plunged 2,943.02 points or 5.42 per cent, and the Nifty shed 908.30 points or 5.61 per cent.

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