Investing.com — Indian equity benchmark indices opened in the red on Wednesday tracking negative cues from global markets and a sharp drag or fall in Asian peers, on the back of a weak economic backdrop coming in the US, China, and euro zone, shooting concerns of a slowdown in these economies and raising caution on risk sentiment.
The 30-scrip headline index plunged almost 1,000 points on Wednesday, gathering selling pace across the Indian market, with Tata giants Tata Steel (NS:) and Tata Motors (NS:) leading the slump.
At 04:30 ET (08:30 GMT), benchmark index tanked 1.46% to 19,446.6 levels, tumbling to an intraday low of 19,438.15, and Sensex shed 982.5 points or 1.48%, crashing 1,027.6 points in the session.
The Indian market volatility barometer rallied 15% to 11.79 on Wednesday and was last seen trading 13.03% higher at 11.63 points.
The market sell-off is (mainly) a result of Fitch Ratings downgrading the US sovereign credit grade from AAA to AA+, which is showing a minor impact on emerging markets like India, but analysts believe that it is not likely to be a major concern for the Indian market, as feared earlier.
Banking, auto, and metal sectors are majorly exerting pressure on Dalal Street today, pulling the domestic market lower and leading a broad-based, across-the-market slump in the ongoing session.
All sectoral indices listed under the Nifty umbrella were marred in red, led by an over 3% slide in , while followed. Key index tumbled nearly 2% in the intraday trade.
Losses on the Nifty 50 pack were led by Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp (NS:), Eicher Motors (NS:), and NTPC (NS:), while Divi’s Laboratories (NS:) and Nestlé (NS:) gained.
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