Indian equity markets experienced a significant downturn, with the Nifty and Sensex falling 1.3% and 1.1% respectively for the week. A sharp selloff in IT stocks, triggered by AI disruption fears in the US economy and rapid job losses, led the decline. The IT index saw its steepest weekly losses in 10 months, wiping out substantial market value.
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