Stock market today, May 9 -- The benchmark stock market indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, continued to experience significant losses during noon on Friday as tensions escalated between India and Pakistan, raising concerns about a potential broader conflict.

On Thursday night, India rapidly countered Pakistan's latest attempts to target military sites with drones and missiles, particularly in Jammu and Pathankot, after successful interceptions of similar efforts at 15 locations in the northern and western parts of the country, amid rising tensions between the two nations.

On Wednesday, Indian armed forces executed targeted missile strikes on nine terror-related locations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan as part of 'Operation S...