The 30 share index, Sensex lost 1,998.47 points during in the week ended Oct 10, while the broad based NSE Nifty plunged 538.35 points in the same period.
Mid-cap stocks dropped 1,001.8 points to 3,676 in the week. On the other hand, small-cap shares slipped 1,109.95 points to 4,355.45 during the week.
The markets, all through the week, remained under huge pressure because of turmoil in worldwide markets.
For the month of August 2008, India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) index decline to 1.3% as against 7.1% on m-o-m basis.