Stock market crash live: Bloodbath on Dalal Street as Sensex falls by 2,200 points, Nifty plunges by 740

Stock market crash live: Among the Nifty sectoral indices, the following ones fell the most:

1) Nifty Metal was down by 6.75%, closing at ₹7,846.35.

2) Nifty Realty was down by 5.69%, closing at ₹776.20.

3) Nifty Media was down by 3.94%, closing at ₹1,429.90.

4) Nifty Auto was down by 3.78%, closing at ₹19,815.55.

5) Nifty Midsmall IT & Telecom was down by 3.75%, closing at ₹8,248.15.

Stock market crash live: The Sensex closed 2,226.79 points in the red or 2.95 per cent down, reaching 73,137.90.

Top Losers:

1) Tata Steel was down by 7.16%, closing at ₹130.40.

2) Tata Motors was down by 5.35%, closing at ₹581.

3) Larsen & Toubro was down by 5.21%, closing at ₹3,089.30.

4) Kotak Mahindra Bank was down by 4.33%, closing at ₹2,040.50.

5) Axis Bank was down by 3.42%, closing at ₹1,052.25.

Stock in the green:

Zomato was the only stock in the green, closing up by 0.17%, at ₹211.

Stock market crash live: Closing Bell | The Sensex closed 2,226.79 points in the red or 2.95 per cent down, reaching 73,137.90, while the Nifty was down by 742.85 points or 3.24 per cent in the red, closing at 22,161.60.

Stock market crash live: The Nifty Meta index was down by 6.83%, reaching 7,840.15. It was the sector which fell the most today.

Stock market crash live: With just a little under 15 minutes for the stock market to close, the Sensex eased its losses a bit, being 2222.73 points in the red or 2.95 per cent down, reaching 73,141.96, while the Nifty was down by 753.20 points or 3.29 per cent in the red, reaching 22,151.25.

Stock market crash live: The Sensex was down by 2,614.30 points or 3.47 per cent, reaching 72,750.39. The Nifty meanwhile was down by 858.05 points or 3.75 per cent in the red, reaching 22,046.40.

Stock market crash live: Hong Kong investors were left reeling today as Trump’s punishing tariffs and Beijing’s retaliation saw the city’s stock market suffer from its worst day in almost three decades, according to a Bloomberg report.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell by 13.2 per cent, which was its biggest drop since 1997 during the Asian financial crisis.

Stock market crash live: Manish Jain, Chief Strategy Officer & Director, Mirae Asset Capital Markets said, “Uncertainty is the key word here. We don’t know what comes next and in which area from the US administration (as of now).”

He added that though he is comfortable with the valuations at these levels, this is not the time he would take bets, but that good opportunities will come in this volatile time.

“GDP growth, inflation, core sector growth, and high-frequency indicators (HFIs) suggest that markets may have bottomed out based on valuations, technicals, and fundamentals,” he said. “However, given the uncertainty surrounding us, we should adopt a cautiously optimistic stance.”

Stock market crash live: JPMorgan Chase & Co has said that it now expects the US economy to fall into a recession this year after accounting for the likely impact of tariffs, according to a Bloomberg report.

“We now expect real GDP to contract under the weight of the tariffs, and for the full year (4Q/4Q) we now look for real GDP growth of -0.3%, down from 1.3% previously,” the report quoted the bank’s chief US economist, Michael Feroli, as having said on Friday in a note to clients. “The forecasted contraction in economic activity is expected to depress hiring and over time to lift the unemployment rate to 5.3%.”

Stock market crash live: The Sensex was down by 2,620.31 points or 3.48 per cent, reaching 72,744.38. The Nifty meanwhile was down by 853.50 points or 3.73 per cent in the red, reaching 22,050.95.

Stock market crash live: Vishnu Kant Upadhyay, AVP – Research & Advisory at Master Capital Services said, “Amid escalating trade tariff uncertainties, market volatility is expected to persist in the near term,” though “long-term investment opportunities remain viable at current levels.”

He added that “sectors such as Finance, Oil & Gas, Consumption, and FMCG are likely to offer relative stability for long-term investors.”

Stock market crash live: Both Foreign and Domestic Institutional Investors were net sellers during the previous trading session, having offloaded ₹3,483.98 crore and ₹1,720.32 crore respectively.

Stock market crash live: The Nifty FMCG Index fell the least among the Sensex stocks by 1.28%, reaching 53,140.40. In it, the following stocks were in the green:

1) Godrej Consumer Products was up by 0.79%, trading at ₹1,165.75.

2) Hindustan Unilever was up by 0.73%, trading at ₹2,260.95.

3) Britannia Industries was up by 0.59%, trading at ₹5,052.90.

Stock market crash live: Hindustan Unilever became the single stock on the Sensex to turn green. It was up by 0.31% or ₹2,251.30.

Stock market crash live: The Sensex was down by 3,112.87 points or 4.13 per cent, reaching 72,251.82. The Nifty meanwhile was down by 996.85 points or 4.35 per cent in the red, reaching 21,907.60.

Stock market crash live: Pakistan stocks fell rapidly just like other Asian countries, with its main exchange suspending trading for an hour after a 5% drop in its main KSE-30 index.

The country is planning to send a government delegation to Washington this month to discuss how to avoid the 29% tariffs on imports from there, largely textiles, which are also funded by IMF loans.

Stock market crash live: Malaysia’s Trade Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz said that his country wants to forge a united response from Southeast Asia to the sweeping US tariffs, according to a Bloomberg report.

Stock market crash live: The Nifty Microcap 250 Index was the index which fell the most among the broader Nifty indices. It was down 5.82%, reaching 19,243.90.

Stock market crash live: The India Vix Index, which is a volatility measure index, was up 64.43%.

Stock market crash live: After Trent and Tata Steel, Shriram Finance fell by 9.32% on the Nifty 50, trading at ₹592.70, followed by JSW Steel, which was down by 9.20%, trading at ₹913.20, and Tata Motors, which was down by 8.28%, trading at ₹563.05.

Stock market crash live: Trent, a Tata Group retail company fell more than Tata Steel in the Nifty 50, by a staggering 16.61%, trading at ₹4,639. Tata Steel was the company which had fallen the second-most on the Nifty 50, and the one which fell the most on the Sensex.

Stock market crash live: Tata Steel and Tata Motors, the two highest-hit stocks in the Sensex were down by 9.68% and 8.37%, trading at ₹126.85 and ₹562.45 respectively.

Stock market crash live: Chinese stocks face panic selling as tariff war escalates, with the onshore CSI 300 dropping as much as 8.8%, which is its biggest decline in more than five years, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was on track for its worst day since the global financial crisis.

Stock market crash live: Asian equities continued their decline with Hong Kong’s loss of 12 per cent being its worst in more than 16 years, and Taiwan’s Taipei tanking more than nine per cent and Tokyo’s stocks falling more than seven per cent.

Stock market crash live: The Sensex was down by 3023.56 points or 4.01 per cent, reaching 72,341.13. The Nifty meanwhile was down by 977.10 points or 4.27 per cent in the red, reaching 21,927.35.