NEW DELHI: Mirroring the weakness in global stocks, domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty received severe blows on Thursday, as stocks fell like a pack of ninepins amid non-stop selling in most sectors.

However, the Indian market still remained better off than its Asian peers who sank up to 6 per cent.

Taiwan TSEC 50 Index, Shanghai SE Composite Index and Nikkei 225 plummeted 6 per cent, 5 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively.

On Thursday, the BSE Sensex closed 760 points, or 2.19 per cent, down at 34,001.15, while the NSE Nifty settled 225 points, or 2.16 per cent, lower at 10,234.65.

Midcaps and smallcap fell in sync with the benchmark, with the BSE Midcap index plunging 2.34 per cent and BSE Smallcap index settling with a loss of 1.41 per cent.

Let's take a look at 10 top losers of Thursday's session:

• SVP Housing emerged as the top among losers, plunging 19.97 per cent.
  
• CRP Risk Management cracked 19.95 per cent.
• Vista Pharma suffered a loss of 19.37 per cent.
• Shristi Infra plunged 17.68 per cent.
• GRM Overseas suffered a loss of 17.50 per cent.
• Filtra Consultants & Engineers declined 16.85 per cent.
• Beryl Drugs plummeted 15.56 per cent.
• ANG Lifesciences India declined 14.89 per cent.
• Sagar Diamonds cracked 13.87 per cent.
• Reliance ETF Shariah BeES declined 13.69 per cent on BSE.

SBI, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Mahindra & Mahindra and Infosys stood as the top losers on BSE.

As many as 368 stocks, including Bharti Airtel, Bharat Forge, Motherson Sumi, Bank of Baroda, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, Grasim and Shree Cement, hit 52-week lows on BSE.