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Stocks in India fell during early trading Monday, as the BSE Sensex Index dropped 1.8% to 73226.55.
Among Bombay Stock Exchange-listed companies with a market cap of at least 800 billion Indian rupees ($8.52 billion), Hindustan Zinc is the biggest early laggard, plunging 5.1%, followed by shares of Vedanta, which declined 4.6%. Shares of Muthoot Finance fell 4.4%.
Oil & Natural Gas is the biggest leader this morning, gaining 1.5%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 96.51. The dollar weakened 0.3% against the rupee to 93.90 rupees.
In the bond markets, the 10-year Indian government bond yield rose 2.7 basis points to 6.796%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 23, 2026 00:12 ET (04:12 GMT)
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