Monday blues! Sensex slides over 450 pts, Nifty below 24,100 as D-St reacts to GDP shocker

Indian benchmark equity indices opened in the red on Monday, dragged by IT and banking stocks. The BSE Sensex was trading lower by 401 points, and the Nifty50 was down by 98 points amid concerns about domestic growth. Key contributors to the decline included HDFC Bank and Infosys.