New Delhi. Indian indices Sensex-Nifty closed with a decline in the domestic stock markets on Monday (April 15) amid Iran-Israel tension. At the end of trading on April 15, the 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex closed at 73,399.78 points, down 845.12 points or 1.14 percent. Similarly, Nifty of National Stock Exchange also fell by 246.90 points or 1.10 percent and closed at the level of 22,272.50.

At the end of trading on the last trading day i.e. on April 12, the Sensex closed at 74,244.90 points with a decline of 793.25 points or 1.06 percent. Nifty also fell by 234.40 points or 1.03 percent and closed at the level of 22,519.40.

Nearly ₹5 lakh crore of investors lost
The total market cap of companies listed on BSE declined to Rs 394.73 lakh crore on April 15, which was Rs 399.67 lakh crore on April 12. In this way, the market cap of listed companies has decreased by about Rs 4.94 lakh crore today. In such a situation, there has been a decline of about Rs 4.94 lakh crore in the wealth of investors.

Top gainer and loser
ONGC, Hindalco Industries, Maruti Suzuki, Nestle India and Bharti Airtel were the top gainers of Nifty in the trading on Monday (April 15). Whereas Shriram Finance, Wipro, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Finserv were the top losers. Let us know what are the reasons for the fall in the stock market on Monday?

These are the big reasons for the decline in the stock market

The atmosphere has deteriorated due to Iran-Israel tension - Tension has increased across the world due to Iran attacking Israel at many places. There is a possibility of increase in crude oil prices and inflation. Due to this there has been a huge decline in the stock market.
Slight increase in wholesale inflation - Due to increase in the prices of vegetables, potatoes, onions and crude oil in the country, wholesale inflation increased marginally to 0.53 percent in March, which was 0.20 percent in February. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation remained below zero continuously from April to October. In November it was 0.26 percent. In December, 2022 it was at the level of 5.02 percent.
Increase in crude oil prices- The increase in crude oil prices has also increased the concern of investors. Rising crude oil prices are not a good sign for the global economy as it may put pressure on the local currency and inflation.