Stock Market Updates: Sensex Off Day’s Low, Down 250 pts, Nifty Below 19,600; IT Stocks Gain

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Sensex Today: Domestic market opened with a negative gap on Monday following the sudden escalation of war between Israel and Palestine-based militant group Hamas over the weekend. The US markets, which, closed on a buoyant note on Friday, stock futures were seen quoting with losses of over 0.5 per cent while Crude Oil prices surged around 4 per cent to $88 levels. Back home, the S&P BSE Sensex opened 400 points lower around 65,530. The NSE Nifty50 was quoting at 19,515, down 140 points. Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Bank and JSW Steel were the top losers, down almost...