The Sensex and Nifty50 collapsed in all five trading sessions of the current week. This situation in the stock market at the beginning of the new year will certainly increase concerns among investors. In this week's five trading sessions, the Sensex and Nifty50 fell by nearly two and a half per cent. This decline caused market losses of approximately 13 lakh crore rupees.
In the first trading session of this week, the Sensex opened at 85,640 points. In the last trading session, this index stood at 83,576 points. On Friday, the Bombay Stock Exchange index fell by 605 points or 0.71 per cent.
In the first trading session of this week, Nifty50 opened at 26,333 points. In the last trading session, this index closed at 25,683 points. On Friday, this National Stock Exchange index fell by 193 points or 0.75 per cent.
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Alongside the two benchmark indices, mid-cap and sectoral indices also collapsed in the week's final trading session. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, mid-cap and small-cap index points fell by 0.90 per cent and 1.74 per cent, respectively. Additionally, most sectoral indices are also down. However, even in this situation, the Nifty oil and gas, IT and PSU bank sectoral index points increased.
Multiple factors have repeatedly emerged behind the stock market's decline over the past few days. A new bill has been introduced in America to impose tariffs of up to 500 per cent on goods from countries purchasing Russian oil. Last year itself, the Trump administration imposed a 50 per cent duty on Indian goods. In this situation, if tariff amounts increase, exports will face further setbacks. This apprehension has had a massive negative impact on the stock market.
After bringing Venezuelan President Maduro to America, concerns are growing that the geopolitical situation may become more complex due to Donald Trump's constant new threats. Particularly, various measures by the Trump administration regarding oil are feared to create instability in world politics. The impact of this is also being felt in the country's stock market.
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Uncertainty regarding the trade deal between India and America remains at its peak. No indication has emerged in the new year about when this trade agreement will happen. Amid this uncertainty, America's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has stated that the trade agreement is not possible because India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not called US President Donald Trump. Experts believe this statement has also hurt the stock market.
Financial reports of various organisations have started being published for the third quarter of the current financial year, i.e., between October and December 2025. Reports of most large organisations will be published from next week onwards. Market analysts report that an extremely cautious mindset is working among investors before this.
Additionally, the tendency of Foreign Institutional Investors to withdraw money from India's market continues. In the first 8 days of the new year, foreign investors have sold shares worth 8,000 crore rupees. The stock market has also become unstable due to this impact.
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