Manic Monday at Indian stock market: Sensex, Nifty bleed - ₹3.6 lakh cr gone in 6 hours | What went wrong? Big reasons

Indian stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the Nifty 50 down 1.11% and Sensex down 1.17%, as disappointing private-bank earnings, weak global cues and profit-taking in IT shares weighed on sentiment. BSE-listed companies lost ₹3.6 lakh crore in market value.