Sensex, Nifty continue to fall ahead of US elections

The benchmark BSE Sensex fell by 200.69 points or 0.25% to 78,581.55 while the NSE Nifty fell by 49.60 points or 0.21% to 23,945.75 at 9:50 am IST.

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The polls for the US elections will open around 5 am ET on the East Coast, which is around 3:30 pm IST in India. The polls will begin to close in the Eastern counties of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 pm ET, which corresponds to 4:30 am IST on November 6, 2024 in India.

This means that the Indian stock market will be directly influenced by the US elections for both today and tomorrow.

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