India, Sept. 24 -- In the Indian Stock Market, there was a heavy selling activity on Thursday, September 24, 2026, where the Sensex and Nifty 50 Indexes witnessed a huge drop in the initial session of trade due to the rising yields on the US Treasuries, concerns on the interest rate increases, and high crude oil prices. In the initial session, the BSE Sensex index was quoted 576.59 points lower, or 0.77% down at 74,251.66, whereas the Nifty 50 index dropped 201.60 points or 0.86% to reach 23,245.20 by 9:30 am IST. There was a more pronounced fall in the initial session of trading with the Sensex dropping almost 556 points to 74,272 levels, and the Nifty down around 225 points to 23,222 levels.

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