'Sensex zooms' or 'Sensex crashes': when is the reaction more?

The Sensex has fallen 500 points and the prophets of doom have crawled out from wherever they crawl out from. What is it that makes a 500 point slide a harbinger of the world falling to pieces and a 500 word upward move just a good day for the markets – but not the harbinger of an extraordinarily bright future? Put in these two words –‘Sensex zooms’ into the google search box and take a look at the results: The Hindu : Business / Markets : Sensex up 513 pts on oil prices … www.thehindu.com › Business › Markets - Cached 24 Jun 2011 – In the biggest single day gain since March, the BSE Sensex soared 513 points on Friday to regain the 18k mark after nine days to close at … Sensex Zooms 351 Pts; Regains 19K-level | Businessworld www.businessworld.in/.../Sensex-Zooms-351-Pts-Regains-19K-level… - Cached 7 Jul 2011 – Sensex Zooms 351 Pts; Regains 19K-level. Sensex regains 19000-level after 2 months. The Nifty flares up 103.50 pts to end at a 2-month high … The Hindu : Business : Sensex zooms 465 points www.hindu.com/2011/03/26/stories/2011032667281800.htm - Cached 26 Mar 2011 – Business · Printer Friendly Page · Send this Article to a Friend Sensex zooms 465 points. Special Correspondent … Sensex Zooms 124 Pts; Metal, Bank Up | TopNews www.topnews.in/Sensex-zooms-124-pts-metal-bank-2323936 - Cached 21 Apr 2011 – Sensex Zooms 124 Pts; Metal, Bank Up The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex gained more than 120 points during the morning session today …   [caption id=“attachment_56210” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The erosion of wealth is always highlighted, the gain in wealth never as pronounced in the reports. Madhur Roy/Reuters”] [/caption] Sensex zooms 500 points | Bombay stock exchange | Nifty | Indian … expressbuzz.com/finance/Sensex-zooms-500-points/287682.html - Cached 24 Jun 2011 – Sensex zooms 500 points. PTI. In its second biggest rally after Budget, Sensex jumped over 500 points Friday (PTI file photo) … Sensex zooms 500 pts, the 2nd biggst rally after Budget www.jknewspoint.com/.../18290-Sensex-zooms-500-pts-the-2nd-big… - Cached 24 Jun 2011 – Propelled by easing crude prices and firm global cues, the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped over 500 points today, its second biggest rally after … Business Line : Industry & Economy News : Sensex zooms 600 points … www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and.../article1501259.ece - Cached 1 Mar 2011 – In a dramatic post-Budget rally, the Sensex skyrocketed more than 600 points on Tuesday, marking its biggest single day gain in almost two … Sensex zooms 500 points, the second biggest rally after Budget … www.dnaindia.com › MONEY - Cached 24 Jun 2011 – The Bombay Stock Exchange index rose by 513.19 points to 18240.68, its second largest gain after March 1, when the investor-friendly … Sensex zooms 500 points : Ongc News connect.in.com/…/Sensex-zooms-500-points- … - Cached Sensex zooms 500 points. 2011-06-24 17:35:40. PTI The Bombay Stock Exchange index rose by 513.19 points to 18240.68, its second largest gain after the … Now do the same for two new words, ‘Sensex crashes’ and see how different they are: Markets sink on global meltdown - Rediff.com Business www.rediff.com › Business - Cached 2 days ago – The Sensex nose-dived 364 points in opening trades and continued to remain under pressure due …. Sensex crashes: Investors dump blue-chip stocks - Rediff.com Business www.rediff.com › Business - Cached 2 days ago – Blue-chips like Reliance Industries, TCS, Tata Steel and … Show more results from rediff.com The Hindu : Business / Markets : Sensex crashes www.thehindu.com › Business › Markets - Cached 2 days ago – The Hindu A sign board at the Dalal Street reflecting the mood of the markets in Mumbai as the BSE Sensex was down by over 700 points on … Bloodbath on Dalal St continues, Sensex crashes - Business News … ibnlive.in.com/news/bloodbath-on-dalal-st…sensex-crashes/173848-7.html With US index futures like Dow Jones and Nasdaq futures showing a cut of over 2.5 percent, indicating that the US market will open sharply**.** Get more results from the past 24 hours Worst opening in Dalal Street, Sensex crashes below 17000 - Money … www.dnaindia.com › MONEY - Cached 2 days ago – In the worst opening in Dalal Street in two years, the stocks plunge intensified today with the Sensex crashing over 650 points to below … BSE SENSEX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSE_SENSEX - Cached 4 Major crashes since 2000. 4.1 May 2006; 4.2 Effects of the subprime crisis in the U.S.; 4.3 Participatory notes issue; 4.4 January 2008. 5 SENSEX falls … Calculation - Constituents - Milestones - Major crashes since 2000 The Hindu Business Line : Sensex crashes 826 pts www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/05/.../2006051904290100.ht… - Cached Similar 19 May 2006 – The crash did not spare any sector or company with cement and metals among biggest losers on Sensex, down 9-11 per cent. … Market history: Top 10 Sensex crashes | Firstpost www.firstpost.com/.../market-history-top-10-sensex-crashes-54894… - Cached 2 days ago – Hold on, in the middle of the growing concern, the 500-odd points fall in the Sensex is not as steep a fall if one compares it with the … Black Friday on Dalal Street: Sensex crashes below 17K; Nifty hits … daily.bhaskar.com › Business 1 day ago – An estimated Rs 2.5 L cr was lost from total investors’ wealth in less than 4. Markets plunge; Sensex crashes below 17k level- TIMESNOW.tv … www.timesnow.tv/Markets-plunge-Sensex-crashes…/4380640.cms - Cached Markets plunge; Sensex crashes below 17k level. 5 Aug 2011, 1332 hrs IST, AGENCIES. The stock market today plunged deep into red on worries over a possible … When the market crashes, the pessimism seems to be far, far, greater than the corresponding optimism for markets going up by a similar percentage. The erosion of wealth is always highlighted, the gain in wealth never as pronounced in the reports. Is it then, a case of bad news selling better than good news, something the media has always believed in? The Union Finance Minister is due to make a statement in the Lok Sabha on the market crashing today. Why doesn’t he do so when the market goes up by 500 points? Just wondering.