Nifty Below 26,000, Sensex Drops 610 Pts; All Sectors in Red

• Nifty closed below 26,000, and Sensex dropped 610 points.
• All sectoral indices ended in the red, with realty down nearly 3.5%, and media, PSU Bank, and telecom each falling over 2.5%.
• BSE midcap index shed 1.7%, and the smallcap index declined 2.2%.
• Top Nifty losers included Interglobe Aviation, Bharat Electronics, JSW Steel, Eternal, and Shriram Finance.
• Tech Mahindra, Wipro, HDFC Life, HCL Technologies, and HDFC Bank were among the Nifty gainers.

Why It Matters: It signals a broad market downturn, affecting all sectors and investor wealth.