Indian market bear the brunt of global turmoil; all Sensex stocks trade in red

On Tuesday, equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 opened deep in red amid a sell-off across global markets after Russia ordered troops into eastern Ukraine. All sectors are trading in red, with the financial and IT indices being the major drag on headline indices. 

The Sensex was down 984.56 points or 1.71 per cent at 56699.03, and the Nifty was down 281.20 points or 1.63 per cent at 16925.50. About 254 shares have advanced, 1932 shares declined, and 48 shares are unchanged. 

In the broader markets, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices are also facing brunt. BSE Midcap is trading down by 2.15 per cent and BSE Smallcap is at 26,397.39, down by 2.73 per cent. Similarly, Nifty Midcap 100 is trading at 27,925.35 contracting by 2.19 per cent and Nifty Smallcap 100 was at 9,716.90, 3.14 per cent down. 

The top losers of the Sensex are TCS, Larsen & Toubro, IndusInd Bank, Powergrid Corporation and NTPC. On the other hand, the top losers dragging the Nifty were L&T, Coal India, Tata Motors, TCS and UPL.

The top 5 trending stocks on BSE were HDFC, TCS, Tata Motors, Tata Power and Dhani Services. 

Talking about the sectoral indices, capital goods, industrial and telecom indices were down by the majority and were dragging the broader indices on an overall basis.