Benchmark equity indices started Tuesday's trading session on a tepid note tracking weak overnight cues from the US market.

Stock Market Updates: Sensex Declines Over 500 Points, Nifty Below 25,600; IT Stocks Fall Up To 3%

Benchmark equity indices started the trading session on a tepid note, tracking weak overnight cues from the US market.

Sensex Today:

The BSE Sensex opened 242 points lower at 83,053 and extended losses to fall about 380 points, or 0.5 percent, to trade near 82,920.

The Nifty 50 also declined 100 points to 25,613.

Key Market Losers:

Eternal: Tumbled nearly 3 percent
HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Infosys: Sliding around 2 percent each

Global Markets:

Across the Asia-Pacific region, markets traded mixed as investors weighed fresh tariff threats from US President Donald Trump and growing concerns over the potential disruption caused by artificial intelligence in the software sector.

Regional Market Performance:

South Korea’s Kospi: Declined 1.1 percent, reversing early gains
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200: Gave up initial advances to trade 0.1 percent lower
Japan’s Nikkei 225: Rose 0.77 percent

US Market Performance:

Overnight in the United States, Wall Street indices ended sharply lower amid persistent worries about AI-led disruption and the after-effects of Friday’s US Supreme Court ruling on tariffs.

S&P 500: Fell 1.04 percent
Nasdaq Composite: Dropped 1.13 percent
Dow Jones Industrial Average: Closed 1.66 percent lower

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