Why Are Stock Markets Falling Today? Sensex Tanks Over 900 Points
- Equity benchmark indices declined after hitting fresh record highs, with Sensex dropping over 900 points, dragged by M&M and IT stocks. - Sensex hit a new all-time high of 80,481.36 during opening trade but tumbled 915.88 points to 79,435.76 by late morning. - Nifty also hit a fresh lifetime high but slumped all gains, declining 291.4 points to 24,141.80. - Major laggards included Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, TCS, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and State Bank of India. - Factors behind the fall include Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments on rate cuts, across-the-board sell-offs, and technical market challenges.
Earnings will start showing up soon, valuations are far from earnings. Post budget, there’s no external trigger to keep markets up.
It happens every week. The whole week was a bull run. Some correction was definitely needed.
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Stealth
2 months ago
The meme is not accurate for Indian stock market
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