Sensex plunges over 1,000 points as MSCI rebalancing triggers selloff

Sensex crashes 1,000 points, Nifty slumps 359 amid sharp sell-off after 3 pm

BSE Sensex lost 1,092 points to 74,775 and NSE Nifty fell 359 to 23,547 in a sharp post-3pm sell-off on Friday, erasing gains held for most of the session. Foreign fund outflows and geopolitical uncertainty drove the reversal — a flag for tech leaders monitoring India-linked IT spend and EM portfolio exposure.