The stock market has seen a lot of volatility with the benchmark Sensex having actually fallen as much as almost 40%from the highs it touched in January.
On January 20, the Sensex touched an all time intra-day record high of 42,274 from where it fell an enormous 16,635 points to touch a 52- week intra-day low of 25,639 points on March24 The strength of the fall can be more evaluated from the fact that the existing month has seen the indices hitting their lower circuit breaker of 10%on 2 events while registering some of the greatest single-day falls.