[1] This page lists these crashes and sharp falls in the two primary Indian stock markets, namely the BSE and NSE.
[4] As per the latter definition, the Nifty experienced 15 crashes during the period 2000 to 2008 with a number of them having occurred in the months of January, May and June 2008.
[5] According to SEBI, approximately 89% of individual stock traders in the equity Futures & Options (F&O) segment incurred losses during the financial year 2021–22.
[9] Although the Bombay stock exchange had not yet been formed, Gujarati and Parsi traders often traded shares mutually at the junction of Rampart row and Meadows Street.
In the preceding years, speculation about the results of the American Civil War had led to irrational increases of stocks of new Indian companies.
Banks loaned money to speculators further fueling the bull run and wealthy merchants like Premchand Roychand dispensed advice that led to ordinary people placing their bets on shares.
[12][13] On 1 July 1865, when hundreds of "time bargains" had matured (as the future contracts were then known), buyers and sellers alike defaulted leading to the burst of the bubble.
[14] In 1982, the bear cartel of Bengal started short selling shares targeted primarily of Reliance.
[citation needed] After economic liberalization in India in 1991, the stock market saw a number of cycles of booms and busts, some related to scams such as those engineered by players such as Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh, some due to global events and a few due to circular trading, rigging of prices and the irrational exuberance of investors leading to bubbles that finally burst.
In the four months from November 2015 to February 2016, FIIs were reported to have sold equities worth Rs 17,318 crore as, in the opinion of analysts, concerns grew over growth in China and as crude oil prices tumbled below $30 per barrel[28] On 9 November 2016, crashed by 1689 points, believed by analysts to be due to the crackdown on black money by the Indian government, resulting in frantic selling.
This was done to ensure smooth functioning of the bank as it was struggling for couple of years to cope up with heavy pressure due to cleaning of bad loans.
It's witnessing the biggest weekly loss since October 2008, as the increasing number of coronavirus cases in India as well as globally.
After experiencing a sharp decline on the election day, the benchmark index quickly recovered and surged to new record highs of 24401, rewarding investors with substantial returns.
The benchmark index has plummeted by a whopping 10,000 points, or 11.79 per cent, over the past four months, marking a stark reversal of fortunes and leaving investors shaken and grappling with substantial losses.
Large cap stocks took the maximum hit as foreign investors sold heavily, leading to a 13.27 per cent fall in NSE large-cap index in four months.