BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 slipped in early trade as rising crude oil prices and foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment. Despite mixed global cues, market volatility remains high amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainties

The US guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepted the Iranian crude oil tanker M/T Stream on April 26 while enforcing the American blockade of Iranian ports, as efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz continue