Sensex fell 700 points during FM Jaitley's Budget speech
Benchmark index BSE Sensex fell nearly 700 points from a high of 36,227 while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was presenting the Budget. The NSE Nifty fell 215 points from a high of 11,103. Sensex fell around 440 points to 35,526.23 after the government announced 10% Long-Term Capital Gains tax on equity investments with gains of over â¹1 lakh. 