- By Aditya Pratap Singh
- Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:51 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Following Israel's attack on Iran's capital, the benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and Nifty, fell in early Friday trading along with weak Asian markets and a sharp increase in the price of Brent crude oil. Early trading saw the 30-share BSE Sensex plummet 1,337.39 points, or 1.63 percent, to 80,354.59. At 24,473, the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 415.2 points, or 1.66 percent.
Early trading saw all 30 Sensex companies trading lower. The main laggards were Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and UltraTech Cement.
Brent crude, the world's benchmark for oil, rose 9.33% to $75.83 per barrel.
The Kospi in South Korea, the Nikkei 225 index in Japan, the SSE Composite index in Shanghai, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong were all trading lower in Asian markets. Thursday's closing of US markets was positive.
Exchange data shows that on Thursday, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold off stocks valued at Rs 3,831.42 crore.
On Thursday afternoon, just minutes after taking off from the airport, an Air India aircraft bound for London with 242 passengers and crew members crashed in Ahmedabad.
241 people were confirmed dead in the plane crash by Air India. Amazingly, one passenger managed to get away.
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 823.16 points, or 1%, on Thursday, ending the day at 81,691.98. At 24,888.20, the Nifty fell 253.20 points, or 1.01 percent.