The Indian benchmark indices crashed on Friday as the Sensex tumbled over 980 points to settle at 76,681 and the Nifty fell 275 points to close trade at 23,897 at 3:30 PM.

Previously, during the early morning session, the BSE Sensex began the session with a loss of more than 200 points, testing 77,450, while the NSE Nifty50 opened the day around 24,130, taking a hit of nearly 40 points, as of 9:15 AM.