New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Mounting global trade tensions have rattled investor confidence in risky assets, leading to a wave of selling in Asian equities in today's session, with Indian markets being no exception. Stocks across all sectors have been witnessing heavy selling pressure since the opening bell, causing the Nifty 50 to lose 440 points in trade and touch the day's low of 22,105 points.

Today's selling has pushed the index down by 4,172 points (16%) from its September peak of 26,277 points. Likewise, the Sensex has tumbled 12,819 points (15%) from its peak of 85,978. In today's session alone, Sensex has plunged 1,453 points to the day's low of 73,159.

Both indices have declined by up to 5.5% so far this month and are on track to re...