Stock market today, March 19 -- The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, fell on Thursday, pressured by HDFC Bank following the resignation of its part-time chairman, alongside rising crude oil prices and a cautious Federal Reserve impacting global markets.

As of 12:25 IST, the Nifty 50 was down 2.24% at 23,245 . 95, while the Sensex declined 2.16% to 75,043.94.

HDFC Bank, the leading private lender in India and the most heavily weighted stock in the indices, plummeted by as much as 8.66%, marking its largest intraday decline in more than two years, after part-time chairman Atanu Chakraborty resigned, citing conflicts over "values and ethics."

Other Asian stocks fell by 2.3%, following a significant decline in Wall Street o...