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Freaky Friday on Dalal Street: Sensex, Nifty reverse morning gains and crash for 3rd session — What's dragging markets?

BSE moved higher in a quarterly results development.

· LiveMint Markets

Indian markets reversed early gains on Friday, with the Sensex and Nifty extending losses for a fourth session. Surging crude prices, Middle East tensions, global technology weakness and broad-based selling hit investor sentiment, while elevated oil costs and uncertain earnings cloud the outlook.

Earnings versus expectations is what actually re-rates a stock; the surprise matters more than the absolute number.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • With BSE involved, this carries a regulatory dimension that can outlast the immediate market reaction.
  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.