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Nifty fell 207 points or 0.9% to close at 23,842. Sensex declined 702 points or 0.9% to end at 76,847. Both Nifty and Sensex had declined as much as 2% during the day, but traders covered some of their bearish bets ahead of the financial markets holiday on Tuesday.