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The Indian stock market on Friday crashed with Sensex plunging 699 points, the most single-day fall in 9 months and the lowest closing in 4 months.

Stock market investors became poorer by Rs 1.75 lakh crore today amid sharp sell-off in key indices after Donald Trump's victory in the US election and the government's decision to withdraw high-value currency notes.

Foreign Institutional Investors remain overweight on Indian markets on recovery hopes in the second half of the current fiscal as well as long-term growth outlook, says a UBS report.

Cautioning investors against rumours via social media platforms and SMSes in the name of 'festive bonanza', BSE Monday advised members to remain on the guard on tips circulated for dealing in securities listed on the exchange.

Investor wealth Thursday diminished by over Rs 2.45 lakh crore amid massive sell-off in the stock market after India carried out "surgical strikes" last night on terror launchpads across LoC.

"Within Asia Pacific, survey participants chose three countries as their most overweight country picks: India, Australia and China (H shares) cumulatively accounting for around 50 percent of the total votes," the report by Credit Suisse on investor sentiment said.

Investor wealth fell by nearly Rs 7 lakh crore during the 2015-16 fiscal, or over Rs 2,700 crore per trading session, as economic headwinds played spoilsport globally with equities.

The Indian stock market will remain vulnerable to global risks and the country could be off the investors' radar until the health of corporate earnings growth revives, says a Nomura report.

Investor wealth has diminished by nearly Rs 14 lakh crore in the last one year when the BSE benchmark Sensex scaled its record peak and has fallen by almost 18 percent since then

Overseas investors have pulled out a massive over Rs 11,350 crore from Indian capital markets this month so far, primarily on account of a continuous fall in crude oil prices and worries over a global slowdown.

A sharp recovery in the stock market made investors richer by over Rs 2.52 lakh crore today, where the benchmark Sensex advanced by 568 points -- its biggest single-day gain in more than a year -- amid sharp recovery in Asian markets and the recently beaten down banking counters.

A 565-points rally in the benchmark index Sensex added over Rs 1.84 lakh crore to total investor wealth on BSE Monday.

To safeguard investors' interest, markets regulator SEBI Tuesday asked NBFCs to make greater disclosures before launching public offer of debt securities to raise funds.

As the stock market saw a bloodbath, the investor wealth Monday crashed by over Rs 7 lakh crore in the biggest ever single-day loss, as a global rout caused jitters across the board.

World stock markets tumbled on Friday and U.S. oil prices dove briefly below $40 a barrel sparked by fresh evidence of slowing growth in China, sending investors scurrying to the safety of bonds and gold.

Markets regulator SEBI Tuesday asked investors to be 'alert' about public announcements of share purchase plans of the companies where they have invested.

Stock market investors became richer by over Rs 1.25 lakh crore as the share market rose sharply, with the BSE Sensex surging 414 points on Monday.

Global stocks and peripheral euro zone bonds rose on Monday, lifted by hopes that crunch meetings in Brussels between Greece and its international creditors can still produce a last-minute deal to help Athens avert default.

Investor wealth of BSE-listed firms, measured by the market capitalisation, Monday slipped below the crucial Rs 100-lakh crore mark as the benchmark Sensex lost 261 points.

With a record-breaking rally for most part of the year, the stock markets have outshined the gold, as also silver, for the third year in a row with much better returns for the investors in 2014.