Share Market: Signs of devastation in the stock market, Sensex opened with a fall of 639 points; Big fall in Nifty also

Share Market Opening Bell 13th July 2026: There are signs of a big decline in the Indian stock market on the first day of the week, Monday, July 13. Where both the major market indices Sensex and Nifty opened in the red for trading. At the beginning of trade, BSE Sensex was down by 639.93 points or 0.82 percent at 76,929.46. At the same time, NSE Nifty is trading at 24,035.70, down 171.20 points or 0.71 percent.

With the opening of the stock market, a decline was seen in midcap, smallcap and largecap indices. Defense sector shares are also trading down by one percent. The shares of auto sector are witnessing a decline of more than 500 points. At the same time, the Bankex index also fell by more than 500 points.

Today’s top 5 gainers

• TCS- TCS
• NTPC- NTPC
• HCLTECH- HCL Tech
• POWERGRID- POWERGRID
• KOTAKBANK- Kotak Bank

Today’s top 5 losers

• MARUTI- Maruti
• ASIANPAINT- Asian Paint
• INDIGO- Indigo
• TATASTEEL- Tata Steel
• ETERNAL- Eternal

Reason for decline in stock market

indian stock market The reason for the big decline seen early on Monday was in the Middle East. America and Iran It is being considered as a war. At the same time, the impact of the increase in crude oil prices due to the renewed instability in Hormuz was also seen on the shares of companies related to oil and natural gas. Apart from this, due to increasing geopolitical risk, a big decline is being seen in the Asian market. Japan’s Nikkei is seeing a decline of -1.5%, Korea’s KOSPI is seeing a decline of -6%. However, the Taiwan market is up 1.4%. There is a jump of 4% in crude oil and it has reached $79.

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Expert opinion regarding the market

SBI Securities says that an important hurdle has formed for Nifty in the zone of 24500-24550. On technical basis, they are talking about crucial support in the zone of 23950-23900. It is further said that if Nifty is around this range, it can move in a new direction. Latest developments related to the US-Iran war, situation regarding the Strait of Hormuz, crude oil prices, Q1 results season, movement of the Indian rupee against the dollar and updates on monsoon will decide the future direction for the market. The focus has to be on these factors in the near term.