{"id":330136,"date":"2026-10-28T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=330136"},"modified":"2026-10-28T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:20:06","slug":"stock-market-crash-today-sensex-plunges-995-points-nifty-sheds-1-percent-ahead-of-fed-decision-crude-above-115-and-fii-selling-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/stock-market-crash-today-sensex-plunges-995-points-nifty-sheds-1-percent-ahead-of-fed-decision-crude-above-115-and-fii-selling-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Market Crash Today: Sensex Plunges 995 Points, Nifty Sheds 1% Ahead of Fed Decision, and Here Is What Spooked D-Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sensex fell as much as 995 points or 1.35% to 72,603 on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2026 from 73,598.67, and the Nifty 50 fell as much as 252 points or 1.11% to 22,497 from 22,749.75, as per Business Standard at 10:56 AM IST. At 10:45 AM the Sensex was at 72,810 and the Nifty at 22,575, with only Nifty Auto and Nifty Pharma in the green and the Nifty IT index down 3.5%.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The stock market crash today, with the Sensex down as much as 995 points and the Nifty down 1.11%, was driven by crude oil above USD 115 after an attack on a Saudi refinery, caution before the US Fed decision, a 3.5% fall in the Nifty IT index and tenth straight week of FII selling. Only Nifty Auto and Nifty Pharma were positive, and Infosys fell 4.9% and TCS 3.35% by 11:26 AM. The fall of about 1.1% on the Nifty is sharp for one morning but is not a market collapse, and the next triggers are the Fed decision and the Q2 results season. This is educational and not a recommendation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The stock market crash today has rattled D-Street on the same morning that Jio Platforms listed at a 21% premium, so the broader market tone and the stock-specific news are pulling in different directions. This article explains what is behind the stock market crash today, which sectors and stocks are hit, how foreign and domestic investors are behaving and what to watch next.<\/p>\n

The index levels are from a Business Standard report published at 10:56 AM, and I could not retrieve the live index level after that, so the market may have recovered or fallen further. The market capitalisation loss and the India VIX were not in the sources. It is educational and not advice.<\/p>\n

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