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Stock Market Today LIVE: The Indian stock market is expected to open lower on Monday, amid the escalating war in the Middle East after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The trends on Gift Nifty also signals a negative start for the benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today.

Asian markets traded sharply lower, while the US stock futures declined as investors rushed for safe-haven assets amid the Iran war. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.2%.

Military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran showed no sign of lessening, while Iran responded with missile barrages across the region. This increased the risk of dragging its neighbours into the wider conflict in the Middle East.

Gold prices rallied and the crude oil prices surged. US dollar gained against other currencies, while in bond markets, US 10-year Treasury yields steadied at 3.970%, having briefly touched an 11-month low of 3.926%.

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US stock market ended lower on Friday, dragged down by financial and tech stocks, with all three major indexes posting steep weekly declines.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 521.28 points, or 1.05%, to 48,977.92, while the S&P 500 declined 29.98 points, or 0.43%, to 6,878.88. The Nasdaq Composite closed 210.17 points, or 0.92%, lower at 22,668.21.

US stock futures tumbled in overnight trading amid the Iran war. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 517 points, or 1%, while S&P 500 futures lost 1% and Nasdaq 100 futures declined over 1%.

On Friday, the Indian stock market crashed as the escalating US-Iran war weighed on investor sentiment amid the absence of a fresh domestic trigger. The Sensex cracked 961.42 points, or 1.17%, to close at 81,287.19, while the Nifty 50 settled 317.90 points, or 1.25%, lower at 25,178.65.

Investors got poorer by more than ₹5 lakh crore as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to ₹463 lakh crore from ₹468.5 lakh crore in the previous session.

Asian markets traded sharply lower as the war between Iran and the US-Israel escalated. Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged almost 2%, and the Topix tumbled 2.1%. Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures indicated a lower opening. South Korea’s markets are closed for a public holiday. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.2%.

The trends on Gift Nifty also signals a negative start for the benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today. Gift Nifty was trading around 25,168 level, a discount of nearly 170 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, indicating a gap-down start for the Indian stock market indices.

The Indian stock market is expected to open lower on Monday, amid the escalating war in the Middle East after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The trends on Gift Nifty also signals a negative start for the benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex today.

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