Stock market today, April 7 -- The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, experienced a sharp decline during early trading on Monday, with both indices plummeting over 5% as global equities saw a significant drop.

This reaction followed US President Donald Trump's tariff increases and China's retaliatory measures, raising concerns that a full-scale trade war could negatively affect global economic growth.

In early trading, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 3,939.68 points or 5.22%, reaching 71,425.01. The Nifty 50 dropped by 1,160.8 points or 5.06%, settling at 21,743.65. In Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell nearly 11%, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 decreased by almost 7%, the Shanghai SSE Composite index dropped mo...