📊 Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates – May 9, 2025
🔻 Markets in Deep Red Amid Border Escalation
- Indian benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened sharply lower after reports of overnight drone and munition attacks by Pakistani forces.
- Ongoing India-Pakistan tensions continue to rattle investor sentiment.
- Nearly 50 casualties reported so far in the cross-border conflict.
📉 Broader Market Impact
- All 13 major sectoral indices in the red.
- Midcap index down 1%, Smallcap index falls 2%.
- India VIX spikes 7%, reflecting heightened market volatility.
💥 Sector Highlights
- 🚨 Airline, tourism, realty, aviation stocks under pressure.
- 🛡️ Defence stocks surge up to 4% as conflict intensifies.
- 🚁 Drone stocks rally up to 15%, driven by rising demand for high-tech military solutions.
📈 Stock Movers
- 🔼 L&T jumps 4% after reporting a 25% YoY rise in Q4 profit to ₹5,497 crore.
- 🔼 Kalyan Jewellers up 3% after Q4 net profit rises 36%.
- 🔻 MCX tumbles nearly 7% post-Q4 results.
