Stock Market / Intensification of war in Russia-Ukraine affected the stock market, Sensex fell by more than 700 points, Nifty also slipped

On Friday, the last trading day of the week, the sluggishness of the previous day continued in the stock market and both the indices opened on the red mark. The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share index Sensex lost 722 points to open at 54,380, while the National Stock Exchange's Nifty index slipped 205 points to start trading at 16,293 levels. Significantly, due to the intensification of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Sensex lost 366 points to close at 55,102 on the eighth day, while the Nifty closed at 16,498 with a fall of 108 points. On Thursday, the biggest fall was seen in auto and banking stocks.