Indian shares sink on global trade war, U.S. recession fears
The Hindu
Indian shares plummet as global trade war fears trigger stock market rout, with Nifty 50 and Sensex falling sharply.
Indian shares opened sharply lower on Monday (April 6, 2025), as concerns over a global trade war and growing recession fears in the U.S. triggered a stock market rout on Wall Street and in other Asian markets.
The Nifty 50 declined 5% to 21,758.4 in pre-open trade as of 09:08 a.m. IST, while the BSE Sensex fell 5.29% to 71,379.89.
All 13 major sectors declined. The broader small-caps and mid-caps lost 10% and 7.3%, respectively.
Other Asian markets slumped, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index losing 6.8%. Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 6.5%.
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