Closing Bell on April 15: Domestic equity markets lost considerable ground on Monday as flaring tensions in the Middle East, where latest reports suggest that Israeli army has proposed likely retaliatory measures to its government against Iran, dampened sentiment.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 845 points, or 1.14 per cent, to end at 73,400 levels, while the Nifty50 closed at 22,273, down 247 points or 1.1 per cent.
27 of the 30 Sensex stocks and 44 of the 50 Nifty stocks nursed losses today led by Shriram Finance, Bajaj Finserv, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Divis Labs, SBI Life, and Tech M.
In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices dropped 1.5 per cent each. Overall, the volatility index, India VIX, surged over 8 per cent today.
Among sectors, the Nifty PSU Bank index shed 1.8 per cent, followed by up to 1.7 per cent decline in the Nifty Private Bank, Bank, and IT indices.
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