New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Indian stock market reeled under intense selling pressure on Friday, February 13. The benchmark Sensex crashed over 900 points during the session, and investors lost about Rs.7 lakh crore in a session as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly Rs.465.50 lakh crore from Rs.472.50 lakh crore in the previous session.

The following key factors are behind the sharp selloff in the Indian stock market:

Weak global sentiment is also spilling into the domestic market. After an over 2% crash in the Nasdaq overnight, major stock indices in China and Japan crashed over a per cent, largely due to growing noise around AI-led disruptions in the technology sector.

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