New Delhi, April 7 -- It turned out to be a 'Black Monday' for Indian stock market investors, as tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on over 180 countries across the globe unleashed an 'economic nuclear war', sending Dalal Street into a tailspin.

Tracking a plunge in Asian peers and Wall Street, the stock market indices back home - BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty - also tumbled over 4% in early trade on Monday, April 7, with all constituents in the red. This bloodbath left investors poorer by Rs.19 lakh crore as the market capitalization of all companies listed on the BSE dropped to Rs.383.81 lakh crore from Rs.403.34 lakh crore earlier.

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