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Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Indian Stock Market Plunges! Sensex Crashes 500 Points, ₹2 Lakh Crore Lost – Here’s Why

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai is depicted with a downward red arrow as Indian markets tumbled on November 4, 2025, erasing weeks of gains. livemint.com livemint.com Weak Global Cues Shake Dalal Street Global market turmoil was a major driver of today’s selloff in India. Stock exchanges across Asia and Europe saw deep cuts, setting a grim backdrop for Dalal Street. Profit-booking hit markets worldwide amid growing concern that U.S. stocks – especially the high-flying AI and big tech shares on Wall Street – have become overvalued and vulnerable to a sharp correction livemint.com. This fear of a
4 November 2025
Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Sensex Tumbles Amid Global Jitters: Top Gainers & Losers Revealed

What Is the Sensex Index? The Sensex (Sensitive Index) is a flagship stock-market index for India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It tracks the performance of 30 large, well-capitalized companies listed on the BSE investopedia.com en.wikipedia.org. These companies are selected to broadly represent the Indian economy’s major sectors. Established on Jan. 1, 1986, with a base value of 100 (base year 1978–79) en.wikipedia.org investopedia.com, the Sensex is widely used by investors to gauge market trends. The term “Sensex” itself is a blend of “sensitive” and “index,” coined in 1989 by analyst Deepak Mohoni en.wikipedia.org. The Sensex is float-adjusted, market-cap weighted investopedia.com
Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Dalal Street in Turmoil: Sensex Plunges 2,500 Points in a Week – Should You Buy the Dip or Brace for More?

Key Facts: Indian equity benchmarks slumped sharply last week. The BSE Sensex gave up roughly 2,587 points (3.2%) and the Nifty 50 fell about 672 points (2.7%) over six trading days upstox.com livemint.com. This was the worst weekly decline in nearly six months, erasing about 90% of the recent rally from early September upstox.com livemint.com. Markets were roiled by external shocks: U.S. President Trump announced 100% tariffs on imported branded/pharma products and hiked H-1B visa fees to $100,000 per worker. These policy moves hit India’s tech and pharma stocks hard. Sectorally, IT was the biggest laggard (down ~8% on the
27 September 2025
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