Stock market crash, Feb. 12 -- The Indian stock market has fallen for the last six sessions. Amid intensified selling across indices and segments, investors eagerly await a turnaround in the Indian secondary market. Though it is difficult to time the market, one can look at the primary market to sniff when a bull market may top out or when a bear market is mulling to bottom out. According to stock market experts, the IPO market is an indirect reflection of the secondary market. Hence, those who closely follow the primary market may have a chance to sniff the secondary market's mood. They said that the IPO market fizzles out, and the flow of public issues dries down during a bear-hit market in the initial phase of a stock market crash.

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