Share Market : Sensex slips 350 pts after IAF attack, Nifty below 10,800

Market Opens: The geopolitical tension on the Indo-Pak border has pulled the Nifty below 10,800 in the opening trade, while Sensex is down over 200 points. The Sensex is down 241.49 points at 35971.89, while Nifty is down 81.60 points at 10798.50. About 171 shares have advanced, 780 shares declined, and 41 shares are unchanged.

Top gainers are Bharti Infratel, Asian Paints and HCL Tech, while losers include Yes Bank, SBI, Indiabulls Housing, JSW Steel, Hero Moto, ONGC, ICICI Bank, Hindalco, Vedanta, Bajaj Finance and Rain Industries, Jet Airways and Spicejet.

IAF destroys Pakistan terror camps: Mirage jets drop 1000 kg bombs across LOC

IAF destroys Pakistan terror camps! In a big overnight operation, IAF’s Mirage 2000 fighter jets have completely destroyed multiple terror camps in Pakistan. According to IAF sources, quoted by ANI, as many as 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force took part in the operation.

According to reports, 1,000 kgs bombs were dropped on terror camps across the Line of Control (LoC). Sources have said that at around 0330 hours on the 26th February the Mirage 2000 fighter jets struck a major terrorist camp across the LoC and completely destroyed it.

Rupee - The rupee on Tuesday opened 29 paise lower at 71.26 against the US dollar amid reports of fresh geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan. According to news reports, Pakistan army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday claimed that the Indian Air Force (IAF) had violated the Line of Control (LoC).

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