Curious investors react outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as they watch the sensex index on the digital board in Mumbai in Mumbai. The Sensex crossed 19,000 mark.
'Trading holidays in times of current uncertainty created by Coronavirus are going to add fuel to the fire of volatility, impacting the market volume and turnover,' an expert says.
Many stocks which opened with a decline were able to recover during the day as there was no major adverse news flow. This is one factor which indicated that the underlying mood among investors was changing.
Apart from the weekly option expiry, which was rather a technical reason for the drop, fears had emerged in the market that further bad news was in store from the real estate sector.
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