India, May 7 -- India's overnight strikes on nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) triggered a stock market crash in the country on Wednesday as its main stock market index, the KSE 100 (Karachi Stock Exchange), plunged by 6,272 points or 6% in early trading.

Several hours after India carried out 'Operation Sindoor', the KSE-100 index declined, hitting a low of 112,076.38 and triggering panic selling across trading floors.

As of now, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) showed no signs of recovery. The PSX website shows a message stating that it is "under maintenance until further notice."

The sharp decline can be attributed to India's precision military strikes under Operation Sindoor which targetted terror...