New Delhi, April 13 -- Buy or sell stocks, 13 April 2026: After clocking an impressive about 6% gain last week, the Indian stock market benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- started the week with deep cuts, falling over 2% in morning trade on Monday, April 13.

The Sensex crashed over 1600 points, or more than 2%, to an intraday low of 75,937, while the NSE benchmark Nifty 50 plunged 500 points, or 2%, to the day's low of 23,556.

The selloff engulfed all segments of the market, as the Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 indices also plunged more than 2% each.

Investors lost about Rs.8 lakh crore within minutes as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms was at Rs.443 lakh crore around 9:20 am compared to Rs.451 lakh crore ...