In the intra-day trade, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 2,149 points while the Nifty50 index slumped 629 points

MARKET LIVE: Sensex tumbles 2,000 pts, tests 49,000; Nifty below 14,500

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	<strong>Stock market updates:&nbsp;</strong>A steep hike in US treasury yields took the global markets by surprise on Friday as investors dumped equities for bonds. That apart, an air strike by the United States in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border, further dented trading sentiment.</div>
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	US Treasury yields vaulted to their highest levels, of about 1.5 per cent, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic on expectations of a strong economic expansion and related inflation. Back home, the 10-year goverment bond firmed up to 6.23 per cent on Friday mirrowing similar trends. Effectively, fear of reversal in rate cut cycle, spooked investors who off-loaded equities worth Rs 5 trillion.&nbsp;</div>
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	Additionally, the US air strike in retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month, and caution ahead of the release of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the December quarter made investors sit on the fence.</div>
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	In the intra-day trade, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 2,149 points while the Nifty50 index slumped 629 points. The indices ended near the lowest point of the day, at 49,100 and 14,529 levels, respectively, down 1,939 points and 568 points.</div>
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	All the 30 constituents on the Sensex index and 50 stocks on the Nifty ended the day in the red. ONGC, JSW Steel, GAIL, M&M, Bajaj Finance, Grasim, and Hero MotoCorp were the top Nifty losers, down up to 8 per cent; Axis Bank, HDFC, Power Grid, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank were the top drags on the Sensex.&nbsp;</div>
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	In the broader markets, small-cap stocks held their ground relatively better as the S&P BSE SmallCap index settled only 0.7 per cent down. The S&P BSE MidCap index, on the the hand, ended 1.75 per cent lower.</div>
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	On the sectoral front, banking counters got butchered as yield concerns soured sentiment in the sector. Expectations that banks may have to show yield-induced fall in G-sec value as losses, investors pushed the sell button for banks. The Nifty Bank, and Private bank indices closed 5 per cent down, followed by losses in the Nifty PSU Bank index, down 4.5 per cent.</div>
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	The Nifty Metal and Auto indices dropped 3 per cent while the Nifty FMCG, IT, and Pharma indices slipped 2 per cent each.</div>
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	<strong>Global markets</strong></div>
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	Global stocks fell on Friday, with Asian shares down by the most in nine months. MSCI&#39;s Emerging Markets equity index suffered its biggest daily drop in nearly 10 months and was 2.7 per cent lower, while European shares opened in the red, with the STOXX 600 down 0.7 per cent.</div>
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	The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 50 countries, was 0.9 per cent lower and was heading for its worst week in a month.</div>
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	Asia saw the heaviest selling, with MSCI&#39;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan sliding more than 3 per cent to a one-month low, its steepest one-day percentage loss since May 2020.</div>

Indices log biggest 1-day fall in 9 mths; Sensex sinks 1,939 pts, holds 49K

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Oil prices fall on rising US dollar, expectations for supply gains

&gt; Oil prices fell on Friday as a collapse in bond prices led to gains in the U.S. dollar and expectations grew that with oil prices back above pre-pandemic levels, more supply is likely to come back to the market.<br />
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&gt; U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped 36 cents, or 0.6%, to $63.17 a barrel, giving up all of Thursday&#39;s gains. Brent crude futures for April fell 18 cents, or 0.3%, to $66.70 a barrel, following a 16 cent loss on Thursday.&nbsp;<br />
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<em>(Source: Reuters)</em>

Nifty futures on Singapore Exchange traded 275 points or 1.81% lower at 14,905
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Asian stocks skidded to one-month lows on Friday as a rout in global bond markets sent yields flying and spooked investors amid fears the heavy losses suffered could trigger distressed selling in other assets. MSCI&rsquo;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slid 2.4% to a one-month low, while Japan&rsquo;s Nikkei shed 2.5%. Chinese blue chips joined the retreat with a drop of 2.5%.

In the overnight session, Wall Street&rsquo;s main indices tumbled with the Nasdaq index posting its largest daily percentage fall in four months, as technology-related stocks remained under pressure following a rise in US bond yields. The Dow and the S&amp;P 500 notched their biggest daily decline since late January. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.75% lower, the S&amp;P 500 lost 2.45% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.52%.

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Indices log biggest 1-day fall in 9 mths; Sensex sinks 1,939 pts, holds 49K

In the intra-day trade, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 2,149 points while the Nifty50 index slumped 629 points

Oil prices fall on rising US dollar, expectations for supply gains

SGX Nifty futures signal gap-down start

Asian stocks at 1-month low

Wall Street tumbles

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