Market experts pointed to several triggers for today's downturn, including escalating Middle East tensions, investor jitters ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech, and the natural profit booking that followed a recent record-breaking rally.

Over 300 stocks, including JSW Steel and NTPC, reached one-year highs on the BSE, despite the Sensex and Nifty 50 falling over one per cent amid weak global cues.

India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.

On the last trading day of the month, Monday, September 30, Dalal Street's trading got off to a bad start. In the morning session, the S&P BSE Sensex fell more than 999.95 points, amounting to 1.17 per cent,

The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 26,305 level, a discount of nearly 40 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close.

The broader market faced selling pressure, though not as severe as the benchmarks. The BSE Midcap index declined by 0.4 percent, while the Smallcap index fell by 0.2 percent.

Sensex fell 700.29 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 84,871.56, with the BSE market capitalisation m-cap falling 3.15 lakh crore to Rs 474.77 lakh crore. A total of 2,101 listed stocks on BSE fell, while only 1,

India's main stock indices, Sensex and Nifty, started the week with little movement today. This is due to mixed signals from global markets. At the start of trading, the Sensex dropped by 290 points,

The Nifty 50 index continued its positive momentum for the third week in a row, which is likely to continue this weak, though some consolidation is not ruled out with support at 25900