Market pain intensifies as key indices crash by 1.9 pc; retail investors, MFs and insurance cos sitting on huge losses
Stock Market Crash Today: Nifty has plummeted by 18 pc since September 2024 peak; FPIs pull out over Rs 2.13 lakh crore
Nifty logs longest monthly losing streak in 29 years.
The Indian benchmark indices, Nifty50 and Sensex, faced a sharp decline on the last trading day of the week, Friday, February 28, 2025, weighed down by the impact of Trump’s tariffs, continued Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) selling, and weak global cues.
The Sensex plunged 1.97 per cent, or 1,471 points, to an intraday low of 73,141. Meanwhile, the Nifty50 slipped 1.95 per cent, or 440 points, to an intraday low of 22,105. The Sensex eventually ended with a loss of 1,414 points at 73,198, and the Nifty 420 points lower at 22,2125 on Friday.
