Mint24 Sept 2026, 9:32 am IST
Indian stock markets fall as oil prices and bond yields rise
What happened
- The Nifty 50 and Sensex indices dropped about 1% on September 24.
- Rising global crude oil prices and higher US bond yields were cited as reasons for the decline.
- Financial and insurance stocks fell following a proposal by the IRDAI to potentially lower distributor commissions.
- The National Stock Exchange (NSE) shares began trading on the BSE.
Key terms explained
Financial terms from this story, in everyday words.
- Bond yields
- The return an investor gets on a bond; when these rise, it can make stocks less attractive to investors.
- IRDAI
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, the government body that oversees insurance companies.
- Indices
- A collection of stocks used to measure the performance of the overall stock market.
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