New Delhi, March 13 -- At the stock market, the bears were leading as the Nifty was dragged below 23,150 intraday amid broad-based selling.
At close, the Sensex was down 1,470.50 points or 1.93pc at 74,563.92, and the Nifty was down 488.05 points or 2.06pc at 23,151.10. During the week, both the indices declined over 5pc, recording their biggest weekly fall in more than a year.
Broader indices underperformed the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap and Smallcap each falling 2.5pc. The total market capitalisation of firms listed on the BSE falling to around Rs 430 lakh crore on Friday from Rs 440 lakh crore.
Total market capitalisation has declined by over USD 533 billion so far in 2026, the sharpest fall since 2011, when Indian markets saw ...