Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 witnessed sharp declines on Monday, mirroring weakness in global markets. The sell-off was triggered by renewed concerns over a potential global trade war, fueled by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.
At 12:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72186.5 down by -3178.19 points or by -4.22 % and then NSE Nifty was at 21816.9 down by -1087.55 points or by -4.75 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 73149.12 and intraday low of 71425.01 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22190 and intraday low of 21743.65
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 128.00,-8.86%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 566.20,-7.76%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3045.60,-6.55%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1340.50,-5.72%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 2011.65,-5.69%), among others.
_FMCG index was at 19009.86 up by -504.77 points or by -2.59%. Cupid Ltd. (Rs. 63.81,+8.56%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (Rs. 1160.35,+0.28%), CCL Products India Ltd. (Rs. 551.80,+0.18%),.
Metal index was at 26376.58 down by -2073.86 points or by -7.29%. JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 914.35,-9.22%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 143.40,-9.07%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 128.00,-8.86%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 104.05,-7.55%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 371.55,-7.48%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4302 , shares advanced were 404 while 3710 shares declined and 188 were unchanged.