Indian Stock Market Rises Sharply Despite US Strikes on Iran
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India's stock market went up a lot today.
The Sensex is a number that shows how big Indian companies are doing. It closed 1,200 points higher.
The Nifty50 is another number for the stock market. It went above 23,800 points.
This happened even after new US strikes on Iran. People often worry when there is war news.
But the Indian market still went up. Experts gave five reasons for this good day.
In the morning, the market was already going up. The Sensex jumped 615 points early in the day.
The market closed much higher by the end of the day.
Investors are people who put money into the stock market. Many investors felt good today.
News about war can change stock prices fast.
This time, the news did not stop the market from rising.
Vocabulary15 words
- Sensex
- a number that shows how Indian company shares are doing
- Nifty50
- another number that shows top Indian companies
- US strikes
- military attacks by the United States
- investors
- people who put money into companies to make more money
- stock market
- a place where people buy and sell parts of companies
- points
- a way to measure change in the stock market
- rally
- when prices go up a lot
- closed
- when trading stops for the day
- global tensions
- worry between countries, often before trouble
- early trade
- the first part of the day when the market is open
- jumped
- went up fast
- experts
- people who know a lot about something
- reasons
- why something happens
- war news
- news about fighting between countries
- companies
- businesses that make or sell things
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1. 1,200 points 2. 23,800 3. True
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India's stock market went up a lot _____.
The _____ is a number that shows how big Indian companies are doing. It closed 1,200 _____ higher.
The _____ is another number for the stock market. It went above 23,800 points.
This happened even after new _____ on Iran. People often worry when there is war news.
But the Indian market still went up. Experts gave five _____ for this good day.
In the morning, the market was already going up. The Sensex _____ 615 points early in the day.
Many _____ felt good today.
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