Dalal Street Turns Red: Nifty Slips Below 23,800 as PSU Banks Tumble 4%
Market Bloodbath Nifty plunges 671 points (2.74%) to 23,778; Sensex crashes 2,205 points (2.80%) to 76,712. Benchmark enters correction, down 10% from January 5 record high of 26,373
PSU Banks Worst Hit Nifty PSU Bank index crashes 4%+ at open, biggest sectoral loser. SBI, Bank of Baroda, PNB lead decline. Financials underperform as crude spike threatens NPA cycles, margins
Oil Apocalypse Brent crude explodes 25% to $115.77/barrel after Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz, 20% global oil flows disrupted. Kuwait, UAE, Iran cut production. Trump says "small price for peace
Rupee Collapses to 92.31 Currency hits all-time low, worst two-day decline since May 2025. Rising oil import bill, widening trade deficit, FII exodus crush rupee. RBI intervention failing to stem slide
Technical Breakdown Confirmed Nifty below all key moving averages. Support at 24,300-24,340 breached. Next targets 23,900-24,100. VIX fear gauge surges 17%. Breadth dismal: only 32 stocks advancing per 100 declining on BSE