Sensex down 300 points to 55329

(Gujarat News Correspondent) MUMBAI: On the international front, the US Federal Reserve will put a brake on stimulus amid fears of escalating tensions in Afghanistan after the coup d'etat in Afghanistan and the resurgence of geopolitical tensions as well as Coro's transition to US and European countries. Amid such signals and reports that China has tightened technology regulations and imposed restrictions on exports, global markets rallied today, sending Indian stock markets into a tailspin. Funds sold all-round in stocks today, signaling worries that Afghanistan could face major economic challenges in the coming days as the monsoon progress slows in some parts of the country, with fears of a third wave still looming despite the Coro transition in India currently under control. Funds on Tuesday slammed metal-mining stocks behind Tata Steel amid speculation that special steel and metal companies would be hit hard by exports from Afghanistan and global Aryan ore prices. The metal index was down 12 points today. Along with this, off-loading in banking-finance, power-capital goods, consumer durables, automobile and oil-gas stocks, the Sensex fell by 200.15 points to close at 3.50 and the Nifty spot fell by 114.5 points to close at 120.50. The Sensex, Nifty-based major erosion was halted today as funds rallied in FMCG stocks.

Crude oil Brent fell further to ૬૫ 6: Nymex crude ડો 4.50: Nikkei fell 3 points, Hang Seng fell 3 points

Brent crude fell ૮ 1.15 a barrel to ૨૭ 2.8 a barrel and Nymex crude traded at ૬ 1.15 a barrel this evening on expectations of a slowdown in industrial-economic growth and a drop in global demand for crude. ૫૩ 8 was spoken. In global stock markets, Japan's Nikkei Index fell 3 points in 2016, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 3 points to 20 and China's CSI 200 Index fell 3 points in Asian markets today. There was a moderate softening in European countries. In US markets, the Dow Jones was down 3 points and the Nasdaq was up 16 points.

The Sensex initially recovered from a slump in 2013, then went up to a recovery of 9 points at the end of the day.

Trading started today with the expected bang. The Sensex opened at 219.15 against the previous close of 7.8, from the outset in metal-mining stocks in Hammering, eroding behind Tata Steel, and selling in other stocks fell to a low of 2017.8. Which bounced back from the downtrend and reached the top at 6.15. In the end, it fell by 200.15 points to close at 7.5.

Nifty spot intra-day fell from 12 to 12 at the end of 115 points fell to 120

The NSE's Nifty spot opened at 19.20 against the previous close of 17.8 and initially touched an all-time high of 1,407.5 in an attempt to recover from the shock. After falling from the highs to the lows of the market, it fell by 114.5 points to close at 120.50.

Healthcare stocks fell: Lupine fell by Rs 5, Aurobindo by Rs 20, Dr Reddy's by Rs 151, Sanofi by Rs 4, Diviz by Rs 4.

Shares of healthcare-pharmaceuticals companies also fell sharply today, with the BSE Healthcare Index falling 41.5 points to close at 5.31 on heavy profit booking by funds and experts. Hikeal fell by Rs 31.15 to Rs 4.5, Aurobindo Pharma fell by Rs 20.5 to Rs 21.5, Albert David fell by Rs 2.50 to Rs 21.5, Granules India fell by Rs 19.50 to Rs. 4.50, Wockhardt fell by Rs. 2.50 to Rs. 2.15, Lupine fell by Rs. 2.50 to Rs. 19.50 down to Rs. 4.5, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories fell by Rs. 121.5 to Rs. 2.50, Sanofi India fell by Rs. 21.5 to Rs.

Tumble: Universal sell-off in small, mid-cap stocks: 20 stocks close negative: Only sellers in 8 stocks bearish circuit

Sensex, Nifty-based softness, especially today, funds, operators, players, high networth investors in many small, mid-cap, cash stocks, market breadth was much worse than the continuous sell-off. Out of the total 21 scrips traded on the BSE, the number of gainers was only 4 and the number of declines was 20. The only seller in 8 stocks was the lower circuit against the bullish circuit of 202 stocks.

FPIs / FII's net sale of Rs. 5 crore shares net purchase of DII's net purchase of Rs. 115 crore

FIIs - Foreign institutional investors, foreign portfolio investors - FPIs were to sell net worth of Rs 5 crore in cash today-Friday. A total of Rs 15 crore was sold against a total purchase of Rs 104 crore. While DII-domestic institutional investors made a net purchase of Rs 114 crore in cash today. A total of Rs 303 crore was sold against a total purchase of Rs 3 crore.

Investors' asset-market capitalization fell by Rs 4.5 lakh crore to Rs 2.10 lakh crore in one day

The accumulated market capitalization of BSE-listed companies and investors' wealth fell by Rs 4.5 lakh crore to Rs 2.10 lakh crore in a single day today.