📉 Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates | 9 May 2025
🇮🇳 Market Overview:
- Indian equity markets opened sharply lower after reports of overnight drone and munition attacks by Pakistani forces near the western border.
- Sensex slumped 800 points, Nifty slipped below 24,000 in early trade.
- Cross-border tensions escalated for the second consecutive day; nearly 50 lives lost so far.
📊 Sectoral Snapshot:
- All 13 major sectoral indices in the red.
- Small-cap index down 2%, Mid-cap index down 1%.
- Airline, tourism, realty, aviation stocks under heavy pressure.
- Defence and drone-related stocks surged on the back of rising geopolitical tensions.
- India VIX (volatility index) spiked 6%, signaling rising fear in the market.
🌏 Global Markets:
- S&P 500 futures down 0.2% (as of 9:22 AM Tokyo time).
- Japan’s Topix up 1.1%.
- Australia’s ASX 200 flat.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures up 1.2%.
- Sentiment supported by Trump’s UK trade deal announcement and positive signals on China tariffs.
