New Delhi, March 14 -- The ongoing US-Israel war with Iran has begun to hit home, and markets are reacting with visible nervousness.

Rising crude oil prices and a choke on gas supply are bad news for energy-importing countries, like India. Such shocks can fuel inflation, weaken the rupee and squeeze corporate profits-and that anxiety is already visible in the markets.

The fear of Friday the 13th played out rather dramatically in the stock market as the Nifty 50 fell nearly 488 points, taking its decline to around 8% since the start of the war.

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