Closing Bell: Heart-wrenching day for bulls this valentines day!

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, bank, oil & gas, PSU Bank, pharma, FMCG, metal, realty, and capital goods indices.

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, bank, oil & gas, PSU Bank, pharma, FMCG, metal, realty, and capital goods indices. The sentiment was crushed by negative global cues and geopolitical worries. Global stocks tumbled after the White House warned of a potential threat looming of Russian invading Ukraine. Crude oil prices sharply rose to 7-year highs due to the Ukraine crisis. 

Sensex closed with a loss of 1,747 points, or down 3 per cent, from the February 14 close of 56,405.84. The Sensex MidCap index plunged by 852 points and ended the day at 23,398.52 levels. Similarly, the BSE SmallCap is also fell by 1190 points and stood at 27,501.30 at day end. The Nifty 50 index also plunged by 531 points and closed at 16,842 levels. The Bank Nifty has also dropped by 1608 points and ended at 36,908.55. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, jumped 31.95 per cent i.e. by 7.64 points to 31.55 levels in just one day. 

The top gainers on the BSE Sensex exchange was on Tata Consultancy services. On the other hand, the top losers on the BSE Sensex exchange were ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life Insurance, Reliance, and Kotak Mahindra Bank. The total stocks traded today were 3,669 out of which 448 advanced and 2,995 stocks declined, 116 stocks were unchanged. The number of stocks that were locked in the upper circuit is 260 and the number of stocks that were locked in the lower circuit today was 751. The numbers of stocks that have made a 52-week high are 184 and 117 stocks made a 52-week low today.