Share Market Crash: Rs 4 lakh crore lost in a few seconds, market shaken by global tension, major indices in red

Business Desk – Share Market Crash: On the first trading day of the week, the stock market gave a huge shock to the investors. When trading started on Dalal Street on Monday morning, investors’ portfolios immediately went into the red. The turmoil that is going on in the markets around the world has clearly affected the Indian market as well.

The situation was such that within a few seconds of the market opening, investors lost more than Rs 4 lakh crore of their wealth. Small investors, who were expecting good returns this week. This massive selling environment was a tremendous shock. This huge fall in the market is no less than a big blow for small investors.

Hard earned money gone in a moment

The intensity of this tremendous selling can be directly estimated from the market capitalization figures. On the last trading day, May 15, 2026, when the market closed, the total market capitalization of all the companies listed on BSE was Rs 4,60,02,414.097 crore. But, when the market opened on the morning of 18th May, this figure fell straight to Rs 4,55,55,510.86 crore.

Simply put, investors’ capital has suffered a loss of Rs 4,46,903.237 crore. This is no small decline; This is the hard-earned money of common investors which got washed away under the immense pressure of the market.

Market turmoil due to global tensions

The main reason behind this heavy selling is the turmoil at the international level. The sudden increase in tension between America and Iran has created an atmosphere of panic in the markets around the world. As a result, this geopolitical crisis has also caused huge turmoil in the crude oil markets.

In global markets, Brent crude has once again crossed the important level of $110 per barrel. Since India imports a large part of its requirement, rising crude oil prices are considered a direct and major threat to our economy. This fear was clearly visible in the massive selling by investors today.

Major indices in red

The market trend remains completely disappointing. By 9:20 am, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark index, Sensex, fell 803.53 points or 1.07 per cent to 74,434.46.

Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also fell 247.15 points (1.05%) to close at 23,396.35. This decline is not limited to large-cap companies only. Heavy profit-booking also dominates the shares of mid-sized and small-cap companies.

Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100, both the indices are showing a weakness of more than 1 percent. On the sectoral front, the situation is serious; From auto, metal and PSU banks to realty, all the indices have gone into the red zone.

These shares remained strong amid this storm of selling

Amidst this massive selling, out of 30 Sensex stocks, only three IT giants Infosys, Tech Mahindra and TCS managed to maintain their hold in the green zone. Today, a total of 3,075 shares are being traded on BSE, out of which 2,107 shares are clearly seen going downwards.

Only 780 shares are showing strength, while the prices of 188 shares remain unchanged. Despite such huge turmoil in the market, 42 shares managed to reach their one-year high, while 33 shares slipped to their one-year low. Moreover, while 61 shares touched the upper circuit, 95 shares fell into the lower circuit.