New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- It was a terrible Tuesday for the Indian stock market as the market benchmark Sensex crashed 1066 points, or 1.28%, to close at 82,180.47. In percentage terms, it was the biggest single-day fall of the Sensex in over eight months, since May 13, 2025.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices crashed more than 2.5% each, while the overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE plunged to nearly Rs.456 lakh crore from nearly Rs.468 lakh crore on Friday, making investors poorer by about Rs.12 lakh crore in just two consecutive sessions.

Only three stocks- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.46%), HDFC Bank (up 0.28%), and Tata Consumer (up 0.28%)- ended in the green in the Nifty 50 index. On the flip side, Adani En...