The sell-off has been widespread, affecting large, medium, and small capital companies across the board — the NSE Mid-cap index has dropped by 12.85 per cent, while the small-cap index has tanked by 9.

BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, tanked in trade on Tuesday. While BSE Sensex crashed over 1,300 points, Nifty50 went below 23,000 briefly.

The Indian stock market experienced a severe downturn on Tuesday, January 21, as global uncertainties and domestic factors led to a sharp selloff.

The Indian stock market witnessed a major crash today, with the BSE Sensex crashing over 1,000 points from its daily high and the NSE Nifty slipping below the 23,200 mark. The crash was mainly led by a sharp fall in banking and metal stocks.

The stock market opened in the green for a third time this week as trading began on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, with FMCG, pharma, and IT stocks rising the most. This comes despite a huge crash the market experienced towards the end of the previous day's trading session,

The BSE Sensex plunged 1,431 points, or 1.85%, to hit the day's low at 75,641.87. Likewise, the NSE Nifty 50 crashed 367.9 points, or 1.58%, to briefly slip below the 23,000-mark. The benchmark index touched the day's low at 22,