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Stocks in India fell Thursday, as the BSE Sensex Index dropped 3.3% to 74207.24.
Among Bombay Stock Exchange-listed companies with a market cap of at least 800 billion Indian rupees ($8.58 billion), Shriram Finance was the biggest laggard, plunging 7.0%, followed by shares of ICICI Pru Asset Mgmt, which tumbled 6.7%. Shares of Bharat Petroleum plunged 5.8%.
Oil & Natural Gas was the biggest leader during the session, increasing 1.6%, and NTPC Green Energy rose 1.0%.
In other parts of Asia, stock indexes were down. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 2.0%, China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.4% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 3.4%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 96.61. The dollar weakened 0.1% against the rupee to 93.23 rupees.
In the bond markets, the 10-year Indian government bond yield rose 0.8 basis point to 6.734%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 19, 2026 06:35 ET (10:35 GMT)
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