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Associate in the Capital Markets practice at the Delhi office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Chinar advises clients on equity and debt capital markets, focussing on infrastructure investment funds, term note programmes, and high yield and masala bonds. She can be reached at chinar.gupta@cyrilshroff.com.

Short-and-Long-term-Impact-of-Current-Market-Conditions-–-Part-II

Commercial and legal impact

In the previous part of this publication, we had set out an overview of the current market scenario and economic slowdown across key global markets, in view of factors such as global economic concerns, the COVID-19 pandemic as well as India-specific concerns such as the collapse of Yes Bank and pressure on Indian industries. We now evaluate the commercial and legal impact of these events on capital market transactions and highlight the key commercial and regulatory considerations for companies considering such transactions.
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Short And Long-Term Impact Of Current Market Conditions - Part I

 Overview of current markets

During the morning trading session on March 23, 2020, the S&P BSE Sensex crashed 2,991.85 points (10%) to hit 26,924.11, while the Nifty 50 fell 842.45 points (9.63%) to slip to 7,903.00, triggering a circuit breaker and suspension of trading for 45 minutes, for the second time this month.

Market indices across the globe have fallen at record rates following the World Health Organization’s declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak as an international public health emergency on January 30, 2020, and then as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Add to that the collapse of Yes Bank earlier this month, with a moratorium crippling liquidity, along with the sharp decline in oil and crude prices, and the Indian market indices have taken an unprecedented hit.
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