Indian Stock Market Today: Impact of Iran-Israel war on India, investors lost Rs 6 lakh crore

Indian Stock Market Today: The beginning of the week was not good for stock market investors. On Monday (March 02, 2026), very bad news came for those investing in the stock market. The impact of the ongoing tension in the Middle East was clearly visible on the stock market. The news of the ongoing war between Iran and Israel has given a huge blow to the Indian stock market. It is being told that due to the fall in Sensex and Nifty, more than Rs 6 lakh crore was lost from investors. According to news agency ANI, a huge fall was recorded in Sensex-Nifty on Monday (March 2, 2026). Along with this, investors had to suffer huge losses. In the pre-open itself, BSE fell by 3.38 percent and Sensex fell by 2,743 points and came to the level of 78,543. Apart from BSE, Nifty 50 also fell by more than 500 points and fell below 24,659. At the same time, after the huge fall in the pre-open session, a little improvement was seen in the market. At present, Nifty 50 has also recovered from lower levels and it has now fallen by 273 points, which is 1.09% percent. At present Nifty was trading at the level of 24,905.

Investors lost Rs 6 lakh crore

Investors suffered losses on Monday (02 March) due to huge fall in the stock market (Nifty and Sensex). A sharp decline was also seen in BSE market cap. Before the market closed on Friday, BSE market cap was at Rs 463.50 lakh crore. As soon as the market opened on Monday, it came down to Rs 457.50 lakh. According to market experts, investors lost Rs 6 lakh crore due to this.

Impact visible from America to Asia

The impact of the ongoing war between Israel and Iran was clearly visible in the stock markets of most countries. There was a decline in the stock markets from America to India. In this episode, Japan’s Nikkei fell by 1.5 percent. Similar was the situation with Hang Seng of Hong Kong. A decline of up to 1.68 percent was recorded. Experts say that Tuesday is a holiday for Holi festival in Rusher market. Due to this, there is also expiry of Nifty, due to which more fluctuations may be seen in the market.

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