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Stock market crash: Sensex plummets over 1,200 points, Nifty down by over 300

The stock market plummeted towards the end of the trading session on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Updated on: Jan 21, 2025 04:11 PM IST
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The stock market plummeted towards the end of the trading session on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai (Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)
People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai (Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

At 3:45 pm IST, the benchmark BSE Sensex tanked by 1,235.08 points, or 1.60%, reaching 75,838.36.

The broader NSE Nifty fell by 320.10 or 1.37%, reaching 23,024.65.

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Which stocks fell the most?

Zomato Ltd fell the most among the Sensex stocks by 10.92%, trading at 214.65. This was followed by NTPC Ltd, which fell 3.51%, trading at 324.25, and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd which fell 3.32%, trading at 1,110.95.

Only two of the 30 Sensex stocks were in the green. They were UltraTech Cement Ltd, which was up by 0.76%, trading at 10,705.05, and HCL Technologies ltd, which was up by 0.49%, trading at 1,804.50.

Among the Nifty Sectoral Indices, Nifty Consumer Durables fell the most by 4.06%, reaching 38,114.75. This was followed by Nifty Realty which fell 4.12%, reaching 906.40, and Nifty Midsmall IT & Telecom, which fell 2.66%, reaching 10,399.60.

Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd (-13.90%), Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd (-8.10%), and Amber Enterprises India Ltd (-7.58%) were the stocks which fell the most on the Consumer Durables Index.

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Oberoi Realty Ltd (-7.63%), Macrotech Developers Ltd (-5.19%), and Prestige Estates Projects Ltd (-5.09%) fell the most on the Realty Index.

Vodafone Idea Ltd (-5.84%), Tejas Networks Ltd (-4.92%), and Coforge Ltd (-4.42) were the stocks that fell the most on the Midsmall IT & Telecom index.

 
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