Markets continue to slump on fears of escalating tensions in Middle East

Equity Middle East Advertisement Sensex Nifty markets Advertisement Advertisement benchmark indices continued to slump in early trade on Tuesday on fears of escalating tensions in theand weak global trends. Foreign fund outflows and uptick in Brent crude oil prices also dented investors’ sentiment.Continuing its downtrend for the third day running, the 30-share BSEtanked 585.63 points to 72,814.15. The NSEdeclined 168.65 points to 22,103.85.From the Sensex basket, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finserv, NTPC, Tata Consultancy Services, and ICICI Bank were the major laggards.Titan Company, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nestle, and Maruti were among the gainers.In Asian, Seoul,…