Sensex tanks over 6,000 points from peak of nearly 86,000 a month ago

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On Friday, the Sensex and Nifty fell nearly 1% each due to poor quarterly earnings and substantial foreign fund selling, with the Sensex dropping 663 points to 79,402. BSE’s market capitalization fell by over Rs 7 lakh crore. Foreign portfolio investors recorded a net outflow of nearly Rs 90,000 crore in October, while domestic funds provided some support.