Sensex surges 2,300 points, Nifty tops 24,700 after India-Pak ceasefire calms D-Street
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Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty50, jumped sharply on Monday following the weekend announcement of a temporary "pause" in hostilities with Pakistan. However, the relief rally may be short-lived if border tensions flare up again. At 10 am, the BSE Sensex was up 2,376 points or 2.88%, at 81,830.65, while the Nifty50 rose 705 points, or 2.94%, to 24,713 points. The ceasefire between India and Pakistan held on Saturday, after intense overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The conflict, the most serious in nearly three decades, began on Wednesday when India launched strikes on nine terror sites in Pakistan—retaliating for an earlier attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people. However, Indian military officials reportedly sent a "hotline message" to Pakistan on Sunday, flagging ceasefire violations and warning of a potential response if provocations continued. Live Events From the Sensex pack, Adani ...