India, July 13 -- Indian shares were notably lower on Monday as crude oil prices jumped more than 4 percent in international markets amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
The U.S. has launched a fresh round of military strikes against Iran after Iranian forces fired at commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, further straining a fragile ceasefire between the two countries.
The benchmark BSE Sensex was down 447 points, or 0.6 percent, at 77,123 while the broader NSE Nifty index dipped 129 points, or half a percent, to 24,077.
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