Stock Market News: The effect of increasing tension in the Middle East is now clearly visible on the Indian stock market. Due to heavy selling and sharp rise in crude oil prices, a big fall was recorded in the market on Friday, March 13, 2026, the last trading day of the week. S&P BSE Sensex fell 1,470.50 points to close at 74,563.92, while NSE Nifty 50 fell 488.05 points to 23,151.10. The maximum pressure was seen on auto and metal stocks, because the possibility of impact on the profits of companies has increased due to limited supply and increase in input costs.
When did such a big decline occur?
impact of iran war
Tension in the Middle East started increasing from March 28 and since then the Indian stock market has been witnessing a continuous decline. On February 27, S&P BSE Sensex was at the level of 81,287, which has now fallen to around 74,500. That is, during this period a decline of about 6,787 points was recorded in the market.
On March 9, due to Iran-related tensions, the Sensex fell by about 2,500 points intraday and reached the level of 76,424, a decline of about 3 percent. At the same time, NSE Nifty 50 also fell by about 750 points to the level of 23,697.
impact of us tariffs
Earlier on April 7, 2025, even after the imposition of high tariffs by America, a huge fall was seen in the market. That day S&P BSE Sensex had fallen to the level of 73,137.9.
2024 Lok Sabha election results
Even after the results of Lok Sabha elections 2024, a huge fall was recorded in the market. At that time Sensex had fallen by about 5.74 percent and NSE Nifty 50 had fallen by about 5.93 percent. Within a few hours, approximately Rs 31 lakh crore of investors had lost money.
Hindenburg Report
Even after the Hindenburg report, a big decline was seen in the Indian market, which created an atmosphere of panic among the investors.
Effect of Corona epidemic
On March 23, 2020, a historic decline was recorded in the Indian stock market during the Corona epidemic. That day, S&P BSE Sensex fell by 3,935 points or 13.15 percent and NSE Nifty 50 fell by 1,135 points or 12.98 percent. Between January and March 2020, the market lost about 38 percent of its value.
effect of demonetization
Even after the announcement of demonetization in November 2016, there was a big fall in the market. On November 9, 2016, S&P BSE Sensex fell 1,689 points or 6.12 percent to close at 26,902, while NSE Nifty 50 fell 541 points or 6.33 percent to 8,002. The ongoing tension in the Middle East and the rise in crude oil prices have once again increased the concern of investors and there is an atmosphere of instability in the market.
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