Stock market news: Why did Sensex fall over 3,000 points in eight days? Explained with five crucial reasons

Stock market news: The Indian stock market has fallen for the last eight sessions. Among the key benchmark indices, the BSE Sensex has fallen from 78,583 to 75,444 (today’s intraday low), logging a 3,139 points loss in the last eight successive sessions. The Nifty 50 index has tanked from 23,739 to 22,774, recording a 965-point loss in this time horizon. However, the Bank Nifty index sustained initially but finally succumbed to the selling pressure and nosedived from 50,382 to 48,719, registering a 1,663 points loss in six straight sessions. The selling on Dalal Street is across segments as the broad market witnessed sharp selling in this recent stock market crash. The BSE Small-cap index crashed 5,360 points or over 10.60 per cent, whereas the BSE Mid-cap index tanked 3,878 points or 8.95 per cent.

Stock market crash: Top 5 reasons

According to stock market experts, the Indian stock market has been falling for five crucial reasons: Donald Trump’s tariff policy, weakness in the Indian National Rupee (INR), average Q3FY25 results season, geopolitical challenges putting breaks on Indian growth, and continuous FIIs’ selling.

1] Donald Trump’s tariff policy: “There is complete economic uncertainty due to the protectionist policy adopted by the US President Donald Trump. Despite the Modi-Trump meeting, the US President continued with the reciprocal tariff policy, which has not gone down well across global bourses,” said Avinash Gorakshkar, Head of Research at Profitmart Securities.

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