Indian Stock Markets Crash, Investors Lose Rs 5 Lakh Crore
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India's stock market crashed today.
The Sensex is a big group of shares in India. It fell by more than 1,000 points.
The Nifty50 is another important stock group. It went below 22,900 points.
Investors lost Rs 5 lakh crore in just one hour. This is a very large amount of money.
A lakh crore is a way to count big numbers in India. It means ten thousand crore.
Many people who own shares lost money today.
Experts are looking for reasons why the market fell.
News reports say there are five reasons for the crash.
The market can go up or down every day.
This kind of fall is called a market crash.
It can happen fast and surprise many investors.
People are watching the market closely now.
Vocabulary6 words
- Sensex
- a big list of top company shares in India
- Nifty50
- another big list of top shares in India
- lakh crore
- a very, very big number used in India for money
- shares
- small parts of a company that people can buy
- market crash
- when share prices fall very fast
- investors
- people who put money into shares to make more money
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1. It crashed 2. Rs 5 lakh crore 3. True
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India's stock market _____ today.
The Sensex is a big group of _____ in India. It fell by more than 1,000 points.
The Nifty50 is another important stock group. It went below _____ points.
Investors lost Rs 5 lakh crore in just one _____.
This is a very _____ amount of money.
Many people who own shares _____ money today.
Experts are looking for _____ why the market fell.
News reports say there are five _____ for the crash.
This kind of fall is called a market _____.
People are watching the market _____ now.
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