Selling pressure on Dalal Street escalated, with benchmark indices declining over 1% amid a broader market selloff. The Nifty 50 index has dropped nearly 3% this week, driven by relentless foreign institutional investor (FII) selling, disappointing Q2 earnings, and global uncertainties. On October 24 alone, FIIs sold equities worth Rs 5,062 crore, contributing to a nearly Rs 1 lakh crore exodus in October, as concerns over urban consumption and demand growth loom large.