Sensex posts biggest percentage fall in nearly two months

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A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex recorded its biggest single-day percentage fall in nearly two months as lingering concerns about earnings and a worsening global risk environment hit blue chips across the board. The Sensex closed 1.48 percent lower, its biggest single-day percentage fall since Sept. 22. The Nifty ended 1.35 percent lower, registering its biggest single-day percentage fall in over a week. (Reporting by Karen Rebelo in Mumbai; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)