Rout Wipes ₹14.73 Lakh Cr; FII Exodus Overwhelms Narrow Green
The carnage sat inside Nifty 50 while smallcaps quietly held ground. FIIs sold again, DIIs absorbed again — but the rally's leadership narrowed to FMCG and commodities, and VIX stayed too warm to call this a floor.
Investor wealth worth ₹14.73 lakh crore vanished in a single session. Nifty 50 closed at 22,593, and the damage was not distributed — it was concentrated. Inside the index, 32 stocks fell and only 15 rose. Walk a tier wider to the full market and the picture flattens: 1,403 advances against 1,410 declines, nearly dead even. This was a large-cap rout, not a broad-based sell-off.
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