{"id":344253,"date":"2026-11-12T09:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=344253"},"modified":"2026-11-12T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:25:12","slug":"market-wide-circuit-breaker-nifty-sensex-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/market-wide-circuit-breaker-nifty-sensex-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Wide Circuit Breaker: What Happens When Nifty or Sensex Falls 10%, 15% or 20% in a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Triggers at 10%, 15% and 20% of the previous close, on Nifty 50 or Sensex, whichever breaks first. A 20% move ends trading for the day. Reopening starts with a 15-minute pre-open call auction.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The circuit breaker is an automatic halt that stops all equity and derivatives trading when the Nifty 50 or the Sensex moves 10, 15 or 20 percent from the previous day’s close, up or down. How long the halt lasts depends on the trigger level and the time of day, and a 20 percent move ends trading for the day. It is different from the price band on a single stock, which stops only that share.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The market wide circuit breaker is the exchange’s emergency brake. When an index moves far and fast, trading across the whole market stops, so that panic or euphoria can settle and fresh information can be absorbed.<\/p>\n

This guide covers the three trigger levels, the halt durations in a table, how the market reopens, how the index version differs from a single-stock circuit, and what long-term investors should do on a day when it triggers.<\/p>\n

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