Angry investors reacted to the government’s decision to put off the sale of oil PSUs Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) by selling off over 131 lakh shares of the two PSUs alone. As a result, prices of HPCL shares fell by over 26 per cent, and those of BPCL by over 20 per cent — combined, this resulted in the value of these stocks falling by a whopping Rs 3,950 crore. And, since most believed Saturday’s decision of the Cabinet Committee of Disinvestment (CCD) would result in slowing down the entire privatisation process, shares of other PSUs also plunged today. Together, the market valuation of all PSU shares fell Rs 11,700 crore today — the value, or market capitalisation, of all PSUs listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange fell by 8.49 per cent today.