New Delhi, March 27 -- Indian equities slumped on Friday, with benchmark indices falling over 2% as fragile sentiment buckled under persistent geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures. The selloff was driven by profit booking after a mid-week rebound, rising global bond yields, and continued pressure from a weakening rupee amid elevated crude oil prices, experts said.







Benchmark Nifty 50 and Sensex closed at 22,819.60 and 73,583.22 respectively, each down nearly 1.3% over last week. They have now declined for the fifth consecutive week since 27 February, their longest losing streak since August 2025, when markets had fallen for six straight weeks amid tariff-related uncertainty, a Mint analysis shows. The ongoing war in West Asia st...