A total of 7,644 shares changed hands on the counter till 01:05PM (IST).

Nifty50 formed a Bearish Engulfing candle on the daily scale, threatening the short-term trend with sustained supply at higher levels.

Jindal Worldwide led the gainers. Blue chips like IRCTC and Bosch also saw high buying. Smaller chemicals players led the losers, with DCW and TGV Sraac hitting lower circuit limits. Nalco was also among the top losers.

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 555.15 points at 59189.73

The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.21 per cent up at 511.05.

CoinSwitch Kuber’s valuation surges nearly four times to $1.9 billion, making the Bengaluru-based startup the 30th Indian unicorn so far this year. Coinbase Ventures has also participated in the largest funding round for an Indian crypto firm.

“ZEE has filed a plea to get an extension of time to file its response at NCLT and also wants appellate tribunal’s direction to stay on the hearing at the tribunal until this petition gets decided,” said two people aware of the development. “We are expecting NCLAT to hear the petition tomorrow itself.”

All quarters of the market saw selling, led by metal and realty names, wiping off Rs 2.78 lakh crore of equity wealth reflected by the total market cap of BSE-listed companies.

“In our ongoing engagement with all the rating agencies we have been highlighting some of the important differences between advanced economies and a country like India which has organised and unorganised sectors. ”

“While we are going to make more money going forward, the markets themselves will be moving gradually. Of course, we will continue to be hostage to global factors as well.”