Stock markets decline in early commerce

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early commerce on Monday (November 3, 2025), amid profit-taking and international fund outflows.

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 261.39 factors to 83,677.32 in early commerce. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 62.9 factors to 25,659.20.

From the Sensex corporations, Maruti, Bharat Electronics, Titan, Eternal, Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv had been the most important laggards.

However, Mahindra & Mahindra and State Bank of India had been the gainers.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities value ₹6,769.34 crore on Friday (October 31, 2025), whereas Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) purchased shares value ₹7,068.44 crore, in accordance with trade information.

“Smart positive factors of three,860 factors on the Sensex and 1,157 factors on the Nifty in October didn’t assist the market scale as much as a brand new report excessive. Profit-booking and FIIs once more turning sellers prevented the continuation of the rally to report highs. Since the FII technique of promoting in India on rallies and shifting cash to different better-performing markets have paid them wealthy dividends, they are often anticipated to proceed the identical technique now additionally.

“A change in this scenario will happen only when we have leading indicators suggesting a smart turnaround in India’s corporate earnings,” V.Ok. Vijayakumar, chief funding strategist at Geojit Investments Limited, stated.

In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Shanghai’s SSE Composite index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index had been buying and selling in constructive territory.

U.S. markets ended larger on Friday.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.45% to $65.06 a barrel.

On Friday, the Sensex tanked 465.75 factors or 0.55% to settle at 83,938.71. The Nifty fell by 155.75 factors or 0.60% to 25,722.10.