Zerodha, India's second-largest stock broking platform after Groww, encountered technical issues once again, this time on a day marked by a record market opening.
The Nifty 50 surged 2.65% to 23,129.35 points, and the BSE Sensex rose 2.62% to 75,903.97 points, with both indices reaching all-time highs and logging their most significant intraday gains since February 1, 2021.
The rally came after exit polls predicted a two-thirds majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Netizens reaction
Several Zerodha users affected by the outage vented their frustrations on X (formerly Twitter).
"Zerodha down!!! Very poor service when it matters the most!," a user wrote.
Another remarked, "Zerodha and its consistency. Failing on all important days."
Zerodha goes down due to technical glitch.#Zerodha users to zerodha developers :- pic.twitter.com/J7WqRveQp2
— भाई साहब (@Bhai_saheb) June 3, 2024
Zerodha's consistency is truly disappointing. It seems to fail on all the important days.
— Navaneet Sharma🇮🇳 (@Inavaneet) June 3, 2024
CDSL down across all Demat accounts. This is a serious issue and concerned authorities should look into it. Even few minutes of issue can lead lo huge losses of common man. Who should be… pic.twitter.com/5R5vAZ7NVg
Zerodha goes down again.
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) June 3, 2024
Me: pic.twitter.com/RZx7E0j2lK
If anyone is facing this issue, please do a hard refresh by pressing Ctrl + Shift + R, and check. It worked for me.#zerodha #zerodhadown #exitpolls #nifty #stockmarket #electionresult pic.twitter.com/VZ8ZfQIn80
— Rahul Bansal (@la__traders) June 3, 2024
Is Zerodha kite down today ? pic.twitter.com/HoxWF7YXf0
— Satishkumar (@satishpatel41) June 3, 2024
While Zerodha maintained its consistency, other platforms like Groww and Upstox also experienced downtime after the CDSL website went down, preventing users from selling their holdings.
"CDSL down across all Demat accounts. This is a serious issue and authorities should investigate. Even a few minutes of downtime can lead to substantial losses for the common man. Who should be held responsible?" another user questioned.
Zerodha down on such an important day !! How pathetic is this @zerodhaonline, no one can trust you now. #zerodha 👎🏼👎🏼 pic.twitter.com/0QrwoRPpaa
— Samir Abbas 🇮🇳 (@TheSamirAbbas) June 3, 2024