Stock Market Crash LIVE: Sensex tanks 1,710 pts, Nifty below 23,300; ₹7.7 trn market-cap gone | Markets News
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, Thursday, March 19, 2026: The Nifty50 and the Sensex were trading sharply lower tracking losses in global equities as the fresh escalation in the US-Iran conflict pushed oil prices higher. The Nifty50 was trading 2.29 per cent or 544.05 points down at 23,238.20, and the Sensex was trading 2.32 per cent or 1,776.34 points down at 74,927.
HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, and Shriram Finance were the top loser in the Nifty50 index. HDFC Bank share price opened 8.7 per cent down at ₹770 as resignation of Chairman Atanu Chakraborty made investors jittery about management stability. However, the scrip quickly recovered from the opening lows. It was trading 4.23 per cent down at ₹807.5 per share.
The Nifty India Volatility Index surged 16.7 per cent to 21.84 shortly after opening.
Broader markets fell in line with the benchmark indices. The Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap indices were trading 2.33 per cent and 1.92 per cent down, respectively. Sector-wise, the Nifty Realty emerged as the worst performing index among peers. The index declined 3.43 per cent as Godrej Properties and Lodha Developers were leading losses. The Nifty Media was the best-performing sectoral index with the least decline.
Gold futures fell below the $5,000 mark as the US Fed held the rate steady and indicated an uncertain inflation outlook due to the US-Iran war. The futures were quoted at $4,848.71, down 1 per cent.
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