Finance
Stock Market Crash Highlights, Tuesday, April 1, 2025: The first trading day of the financial year 2025-26 (FY26) saw a significant decline in benchmark Indian equities indices, which ended the day down more than 1%. The sell-off coincided with growing anxiety over the imposition of reciprocal tariffs by US President Donald Trump. To close at 76,024.51, the 30-share Sensex fell 1,390.41 points, or 1.80%. On Tuesday, the index fluctuated between 77,487.05-75,912.18.
In addition, the Nifty50 fell 353.65 points, or 1.50 percent, to close at 23,165.70. The intra-day low for the Nifty50 was 23,136.40, and the day’s high was 23,565.15.
With the exception of Zomato, IndusInd Bank, and State Bank of India, all of the other Sensex member stocks ended the day lower, with losses reaching 3.66 percent. These stocks were led by HCL Tech, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, and Infosys.
The Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indices saw declines of 0.86 and 0.70 percent, respectively, among the wider markets.
With losses reaching 3.11 percent on Tuesday, all of the sectoral indices on the NSE, with the exception of Nifty Media and Oil & Gas, ended the day lower. IT, financial services, banks, real estate, and consumer durables all saw a greater sell-off.
Interestingly, the fear index (India VIX), which measures market volatility, ended the day up 8.37% at 13.78 points.
Source: BS
