Millions of rupees of investors lost…! Sensex fell by 1150 points in the stock market, what about the price of gold and silver?

Today, February 24, 2026 is seen as an inauspicious day for the stock market. The market, which opened with a decline, immediately collapsed. Mumbai Stock market The 30-share Sensex continued to slide after opening, falling by over 1,150 points by 12 noon. The Nifty also fell by more than 300 points, causing investors to lose lakhs of crores of rupees.

On the second trading day of the week, not only the stock market but also the commodity market is showing great volatility. Gold rates on multi-commodity exchanges have suddenly fallen sharply (Gold Rate Fall), while silver futures prices are falling in the red zone, sometimes falling, and sometimes jumping in the green zone.

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Sensex-Nifty crash

First, let’s talk about stock market earthquakes. On Tuesday, the second trading day of the week, the BSE Sensex opened at 83,052, lower than its previous close of 83,294. After opening in the red zone, the fall intensified and the BSE index was trading down 1157 points at 82,137.

Like the Sensex, the NSE Nifty50 also fell sharply. In the previous trading day, the index closed at 25,713 on Monday and started with a decline to 25,641 on Tuesday. Subsequently, the Nifty also fell by 326 points to 25,387.

Gold is also suddenly cheap

Along with the fall in the stock market, there has been confusion in the commodity market as well. A change has also been seen in the movement of gold and silver, which traded briskly till the previous trading day. Regarding gold rates, the MCX gold rate ending April 2 closed at Rs 1,61,598 per 10 grams on Monday and settled at Rs 1,60,295 on Tuesday. This means gold has become cheaper by Rs.2303. With this fall, 10 grams of 24 carat gold is now available at Rs 32,801 cheaper than its peak.

Silver prices continue to fluctuate

of gold After the rate, MCX silver price has been fluctuating since its inception. 1 kg silver price ending on March 5 opened in the green zone and then suddenly the precious metal fell by more than Rs 2100 from the previous close. However, after trading in a bearish trend for some time, it returned back to the green zone. At the time of writing, silver prices had risen by Rs 1,300, but compared to the high of Rs 4,20,048 per kg, it is still over Rs 1.56 lakh cheaper.

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