HighlightsThe benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, slipped to an eight-month low today as mounting concerns over softening consumer demand and the looming threat of fresh US tariffs rattled sentiment. The BSE Sensex declined 856 points, or 1.14%, to 74,454, while the NSE Nifty lost 242 points, or 1.06%, to settle at 22,553.