Dalal Street is in turmoil! The once unstoppable Indian stock market is now in free fall, with the Sensex and Nifty nosediving from their record highs. The Sensex, once on track to hit 1,00,000, has tumbled 15% since September,

The 30-share BSE Sensex opened below the 73,000 mark at 72,817.34, down 268.6 points from the previous session’s closing. The broader Nifty 50 index opened at 21,974.45

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 22,370 level, a premium of nearly 90 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.