Indian equity markets fell sharply on Monday, with the BSE Sensex dropping 1,000 points to an intraday low of 76,502 and the NSE Nifty sliding over 300 points to 23,864, both down roughly 1.3%. The selloff wiped out approximately ₹6 lakh crore in investor wealth in a single session. The article flags five key factors behind the drop but does not detail them in the provided text. What is clear is that the losses hit both large-cap benchmarks simultaneously, pointing to broad-based selling rather than a sector-specific move. A decline of this scale in a single session puts pressure on retail portfolios, mutual fund NAVs, and market sentiment heading into the next trading day. Intraday crashes of 1,000-plus points on the Sensex are relatively rare and typically draw follow-on institutional activity. Watch for whether the indices recover at close or extend losses, and what the foreign institutional investor flow data shows, as that will signal whether this is a short correction or the start of a wider pullback.
Indian startups raised $5.2 billion across 501 deals in H1 2026, down 9% in value but up 7% in deal count year-on-year, per the Inc42 Indian Tech Startup Funding Report. The drop is driven by fewer mega-rounds, while AI funding surged 317% and growth-stage deal activity hit a multi-year high.
The BSE Sensex fell 893 points and the Nifty 50 shed 279 points on June 30, 2026, wiping out roughly Rs 6 lakh crore in investor wealth in a single session. Both indices dropped 1.16%, closing at 76,200.68 and 23,824.10 respectively.
Kotak Mahindra Bank shares fell nearly 3% to Rs 397.6 after CEO Ashok Vaswani announced plans to exit the bank. Investor concern now centres on succession timing and whether the bank's ongoing digital and deposit-growth strategy will stay on track.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 3% at Monday's open while Japan's Nikkei fell 1%, as escalating US-Iran conflict triggered a broad risk-off move across Asian markets. South Korea's heavy reliance on Middle East oil imports makes it especially vulnerable to geopolitical shocks of this kind.
