Indian stock markets opened sharply lower on Thursday as escalating West Asia tensions and surging crude oil prices dented investor sentiment. Sensex fell over 450 points, while Nifty slipped more than 100 points, with IT stocks leading the decline and pharma bucking the trend

Indian stock markets ended sharply lower on Monday, with the Sensex falling 719 points and the Nifty losing 244 points as rising crude oil prices, Iran-Israel tensions and global uncertainty triggered broad-based selling across sectors