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Stock Market Crash Budget 2026: In the last few years, the relationship between the budget and the stock market has often proved disappointing for investors. There have been many occasions in the budgets presented so far during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when a huge decline has been seen in the market after the budget. Many times Sensex and Nifty closed in the red, due to which investors had to suffer huge losses.
Pressure was seen on the market also on the budget day of Sunday, 1 February 2026. There was a huge decline in the major benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty. Both the major indices fell by about 2 percent. Due to which investors had to suffer a loss of Rs 9.40 lakh crore. Let us know how the stock market performed after the budget in the last years…
There was a decline in the market even in these years
If we look at the data of the last few years, weakness in the stock market has been seen many times on the budget day. On the day of the interim budget presented in the year 2024, the Sensex fell 1.14 percent and closed at 71,645.30 points. At the same time, more pressure was seen in the market on the budget day in 2020. The Sensex fell 2.42 percent to 987.96 points.
Earlier in 2018, it had recorded a slight decline of 0.16 percent, whereas in 2014, on the budget day, the Sensex had closed with a fall of 0.28 percent. These figures show that on many occasions investors have faced disappointment during the budget.
Heavy fall in the market on the budget day
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to increase the Security Transaction Tax (STT) on futures deals in Budget 2026. This decision had a direct impact on investors and there was panic in the market. After this budget announcement, sharp selling started in the stock market. Due to which both Sensex and Nifty recorded a decline of about two percent.
During trading, at one time the Sensex fell by 2,370.36 points or 2.88 percent and reached 79,899.42, below the level of 80,000. However, there was some improvement at the end of the day and it closed at 80,722.94, falling 1,546.84 points or 1.88 percent.
At the same time, Nifty also fell by 495.20 points or 1.96 percent and ended the day at the level of 24,825.45. This decline is considered to be the biggest weakness on the budget day in the last six years.
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