Anthropic AI shock sends IT stocks to worst day since March 2020

Over the past 15 years, the worst single-day crash in the Nifty IT index was recorded on April 12, 2013, when it plunged a staggering 12%, according to ACE Equity data. The closest comparable selloff came in 2022, when the index fell 6% in a single session, making today’s plunge the steepest in six years.