Stock Market Crash: Despite positive global signals, the beginning of the week was very bad for the Indian stock market. While major Asian indices across the world are trading in the green, on the domestic front, Sensex and Nifty took a dive as soon as they opened, causing investors to lose crores of rupees.

The opening of the Indian Stock Market on Monday, January 12, 2026 was contrary to expectations. On the very first trading day of the week, both the major indices Sensex and Nifty crashed as soon as they opened. The 30-share Sensex of Bombay Stock Exchange opened at 83,435.31, falling from its previous close of 83,576.24. The process of decline did not stop here and within just two minutes it slipped by more than 525 points and started trading at the level of 83,043.

Nifty is also in trouble

The condition of Nifty of National Stock Exchange was also similar. Nifty opened at 25,669.05 compared to its previous close of 25,683.30 and in no time fell by more than 150 points to the level of 25,529. This decline is surprising even for market experts because global signals looked strong.

Boom in Asian markets, recession in India: Why?

Surprisingly, this decline was seen in the Indian market at a time when all the Asian markets were in the ‘green zone’ Doing business in,. Be it Japan’s Nikkei, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng or South Korea’s markets, everywhere there is a bullish atmosphere on the first day of the week. On Monday, there were bullish signals at the global level, but as soon as the Indian indices opened, they went in the opposite direction to these signals. This contradiction has become a matter of deep concern for domestic investors.

There was a stampede in the shares of these big companies

As soon as the market opened, selling pressure was seen in the shares of many big and leading companies. Shares of BEL (1.70%), Adani Ports (1.50%) and PowerGrid (1.20%) included in the BSE largecap category declined.

The situation looked even worse in the midcap and smallcap segments:

• Midcap: Shares of BHEL (4%), IPCALAB (3.30%), Ola Electric (3.20%), PowerIndia (2.90%) and UBL (2.75%) were trading with heavy selling.


• Smallcap: In the smallcap index, KERNEX shares fell by 12% and Tejas Network fell by 8%.

Shadow of last week: loss of Rs 13 lakh crore

This trend of decline in the Indian market is not new, rather it is considered to be a continuation of the last week. In the five trading days last week, the Sensex had lost a total of 2,185.77 points or 2.54%. Seven of the country’s 10 largest companies by market value had suffered huge losses and lost about Rs 3.63 lakh crore.

During that period, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank had to bear the maximum loss. According to sources, there is an atmosphere of panic in the market due to the fear of Trump tariffs, due to which about Rs 13 lakh crore has been lost in the last few days.