{"id":70111,"date":"2026-02-19T10:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/02\/19\/indian-shares-slump-amid-broad-based-sell-off\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:29:31","slug":"indian-shares-slump-amid-broad-based-sell-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/02\/19\/indian-shares-slump-amid-broad-based-sell-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Shares Slump Amid Broad-based Sell-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares tumbled on Thursday as rising oil prices amid heightened geopolitical tensions prompted traders to lock in gains after recent rallies. <\/p>\n<p>Oil prices soared to multi-month highs, with Brent contract surging above $71 a barrel after reports emerged that the U.S. military is ready for potential strikes on Iran as soon as Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, hopes for any easing of sanctions on Russian energy exports faded after U.S.-brokered Geneva talks ended without a breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty about the U.S. Federal Reserve&#8217;s rate trajectory and lingering concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on various sectors also weighed on <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>The benchmark BSE Sensex fell 1,236.11 points, or 1.48 percent, to 82,498.14 after three consecutive sessions of gains. <\/p>\n<p>The broader NSE Nifty index plummeted 365 points, or 1.41 percent, to 25,454.35 amid sustained selling across the board.<\/p>\n<p>The BSE mid-cap and small-cap indexes plunged 1.5 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The market breadth was weak on the BSE, with 2,929 shares falling while 1,274 shares rose and 164 shares closed unchanged. <\/p>\n<p>Among the prominent decliners, Hindustan Unilever, Power Grid Corp, Eternal, ITC, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Adani Ports, BEL, Trent, UltraTech Cement, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra and Indigo fell 2-3 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Indian Shares Slump Amid Broad-based Sell-off<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-02-19 10:29:31<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares tumbled on Thursday as rising oil prices amid heightened geopolitical tensions prompted traders to lock in gains after recent rallies. Oil prices soared to multi-month highs, with Brent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1535139262971-c51845709a48?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw=&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1950&q=80","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-asian-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/70112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}