New Delhi, 24 February (H.S.): Indian equities opened under heavy selling pressure today, with the BSE Sensex plunging 711.95 points or 0.85% to 82,582.71 and NSE Nifty50 shedding 194.45 points or 0.76% to 25,518.55 by 10 AM IST.

Tech heavyweights bore the brunt: HCL Tech cratered 3.91%, Eternal 3.5%, Infosys 3.2%, TCS 3%, and Tech Mahindra 2.85%. In contrast, ONGC (+0.42%), Coal India (+0.35%), SBI (+0.30%), Power Grid (+0.25%), and Hindalco (+0.17%) offered mild green amid broader red.

Trading Snapshot at 10 AM

Of 2,645 active stocks, 708 traded green while 1,937 bled red; Sensex's 30 components saw 6 advancers vs 24 decliners, Nifty50 mirrored with 10 up and 40 down. Sensex debuted at 83,052.54 (down 242 pts), hit intraday low of 82,481 before stabilizing; Nifty opened 25,641.80 (down 71 pts), bottomed at 25,482.85.

Monday closed bullish—Sensex +479.95 (0.58%) at 83,294.66, Nifty +141.75 (0.55%) at 25,713—fueled by banking rally, but global tariff jitters and AI disruption fears triggered today's reversal amid F&O expiry volatility.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar