Rs 15.74 trn of investors' wealth eroded as markets log 5th day of fall

Equity investors became poorer by Rs 15.74 lakh crore in five days of market fall, where the BSE benchmark tumbled 1,045.60 points on Thursday, amid unabated foreign capital outflows, inflation concerns and weak global markets.
 

In five trading days, the Sensex has dived 3,824.49 points or 6.91 per cent.
 

The BSE benchmark tanked 1,045.60 points or 1.99 per cent to settle at 51,495.79 -- its fifth day of decline -- on Thursday.
 

During the day, it tumbled 1,115.91 points or 2.12 per cent to its one-year low of 51,425.48.
 

Tracking weak trends in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms