Market performance for the day

The Indian stock market saw a sharp intraday selloff on Thursday, February 19, as investors booked profits across sectors after recent gains. The Sensex crashed over 850 points, while the Nifty 50 dropped to an intraday low of 25,567.75 during the session. The broad-based selloff impacted second-rung mid- and small-cap indices, as the BSE mid- and small-cap indices also dropped by more than half a per cent each.