Sensex suffers the worst start to a year in a decade. What this selloff means for investors?
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India's equity markets have had a rough start to 2026. Data from Ace Equity showed that the benchmark BSE Sensex fell 1.93% between January 1 and January 10, marking its worst opening stretch to a calendar year in the last 10 years. The last time markets saw a sharper fall in the same period was in 2016, when the Sensex had declined 4.53% amid global growth fears and China-led volatility. The weak start has raised many questions for investors on whether they should be worried, or is this just a temporary setback? What happened in the first 10 days of 2026 The sell-off gathered pace in the first full trading week of the year. The Sensex fell 2.55% for the week ended January 9 to close at 83,576, while the Nifty 50 dropped 2.45% to 25,683. Broader markets fared even worse, with midcap and smallcap indices falling 2.6% and just over 3%, signalling a clear shift to risk aversion. According to Dr Ravi Singh, Chief Research Officer at Maste...