Panic gripped Dalal Street ahead of the release of the US Federal Reserve's minutes tonight after being in the green zone for two days. The Sensex crashed over 660 points as the market capitalization of all the companies listed on the BSE fell to Rs 281.9 lakh crore. Due to this, investors have lost more than Rs 2.7 lakh crore. On Wednesday, Sensex closed at 60657 points, down 636 points, Nifty down 189 points at 18042 and Bank Nifty closed at 42948 points down 476 points.

# 28 out of 30 Sensex stocks closed on red mark, only two stocks in Sensex's top-30 stocks - Maruti and TCS closed with a boom. Rest all 28 stocks closed in the red. Shares of companies like Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Powergrid were included in the list of top losers on the Sensex.