New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The Indian stock market witnessed a sharp across-the-board selloff on Thursday, January 8, mirroring weak global market sentiment. The Sensex suffered its biggest single-day fall in over four months, in percentage terms, while the Nifty 50 breached 25,900 on the downside.

A massive selloff dragged the 30-share pack Sensex to 84,180.96, down 780 points, or 0.92%. Data from Capitalmarket shows it is the biggest single-day fall in the index since August 26, 2025, when the index suffered a loss of 1.04%.

The Nifty 50 ended the day with a loss of 264 points, or 1.01%, at 25,876.85. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices crashed 2% each.

Investors lost about Rs.8 lakh crore in a single session as the overall market capitali...