After the government confirmed that in response of Pakistan terrorist activities surgical strike by Indian soldiers, investors panicked and took to seeling plunging equity benchmarks to drop more than 1.5 percent intraday. Domestic equity benchmarks opened flat on Friday morning. Sensex dropped 43 points or 1.06 percent to 27783 and Nifty dropped 8 points or 0.10 percent to 8535. Midcap and Small cap indices are trading with positive leads in the struggling market. BSE Small Cap has hiked 170 points to 12684, BSE Midcap gains 164 points to 13078 and Nifty Midcap hiked 185 points to 15284. Yet, 1613 shares have been advanced, 584 shares have been declined and 137 shares are unchanged.
Asian Market Updates: Global indices are trading down. Nikkei is trading 215 points down to 16478, Hang seng is 314 points down to 23425 and Shanghai Composite is 4 points up at 3003.