The situation in the country's share market did not change even in January of the new year. The performance of Nifty50, one of the major indices of the Indian Stock Market, was quite weak in the first month of the year. This index's points declined by 3.10 per cent. This is the worst performance of the National Stock Exchange's benchmark index for the month of January since 2017. In January 2016, Nifty50 had lost even more points than this year.
Global geopolitical tensions weigh on market sentiment
Multiple factors, including global instability and mixed financial results of the third quarter, have impacted this index's performance. Even the historic trade agreement between India and the European Union could not bring any significant change in Nifty50's movement.
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Nifty50 had a fairly good start in the new year. On the second day of the new year itself, this index reached new heights. That day, this index's points reached a record high of 26,373 points. This was raising hopes among investors in the country. But immediately after this, the Trump administration captured Venezuela's President Maduro through military action. Geopolitical tensions also began to rise around this incident. The impact of this started to affect the country's market.
Meanwhile, Trump created a conflict situation regarding Iran. This created additional pressure on Nifty50, like adding insult to injury. Tensions over Greenland also persisted in January. Due to all these developments, this index kept going down. Along with this, Trump's tariff threats also hurt the global market.
Besides this, the impact of events like foreign investors withdrawing investments from India's market and rising oil prices was also felt. As a result, while Nifty50 and Sensex struggled, gold and silver prices rose competitively. After January's last trading session, Nifty50 stands at 25,320 points.
Take a look at Nifty50's performance in January over the past few years
2026: -3.10%
2025: -0.58%
2024: -0.03%
2023: -2.45%
2022: -0.08%
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2021: -2.48%
2020: -1.70%
2019: -0.29%
2018: 4.72%
2017: 4.59%
2016: -4.82%
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