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While some users accused the online brokerage of deliberately tampering with its system on a volatile trading day, others reminisced the Rajkumar Hirani-directorial '3 Idiots' and Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar-starrer comic caper 'Hera Pheri'.  

The BSE Sensex opened firm and soared over 500 points to an intra-day high of 59,321.65, but succumbed to profit-booking towards the end of the session.

"Results and macroeconomic cues are very key triggers for the market as it consolidates following a sharp pullback," said Mayuresh Joshi, head of equity research at William O'Neil & Co in India.

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Sensex, Nifty News Today: Benchmark indices turned choppy in the afternoon session as Sensex crashed over 1,000 points to slip to trade below 52,000 and Nifty tumbled more than 300 points to trade below 15,400.

Sensex falls 153.25 points to 52,540.32 in early trade; Nifty declines 39.55 points to 15,692.55.

Equity benchmarks fell for the third day running on Tuesday, with the Sensex tumbling 375 points in early trade, tracking weak global markets as investors remained cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting outcome. Unabated foreign fund outflows continued to weigh on the domestic equity markets.

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The 30-stock index tanked 1,569 points intraday to 52,734 against the previous close of 54,303. Nifty fell up to 452 points to 15,749 against Friday's close of 16,201.