Stock markets finish marginally decrease in unstable commerce forward of RBI fee choice; fall for seventh day

Benchmark inventory indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally decrease in a unstable session on Monday (September 29, 2025), extending their downtrend to the seventh day, as financial institution shares have been dragged by persistent overseas fund outflows forward of the RBI’s rate of interest choice later this week.

After gyrating between features and losses in a restricted commerce, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 61.52 factors or 0.08% to settle at 80,364.94. During the day, it hit a excessive of 80,851.38 and a low of 80,248.84.

Falling for the seventh consecutive session, the 50-share NSE Nifty slipped 19.80 factors or 0.08% to 24,634.90. Nifty has dropped greater than 3% within the seven straight periods resulting from promoting by overseas traders.

Among Sensex corporations, Maruti, Axis Bank, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Adani Ports and Hindustan Unilever have been the laggards.

However, Titan, State Bank of India, Eternal and Trent have been among the many main gainers.

“The domestic market concluded a volatile session on a flat note as investors turned more cautious ahead of a holiday-led truncated week and continued FII selling. Lack of clarity in the U.S.-India trade deal and prolonged pressure on IT & pharma indices are near-term concerns for the market,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited stated.

In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Shanghai’s SSE Composite index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng settled in constructive territory, whereas Japan’s Nikkei 225 index ended decrease.

Equity markets in Europe have been buying and selling greater. U.S. markets ended greater on Friday (September 26).

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities value ₹5,687.58 crore on Friday, whereas Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) purchased shares value Rs 5,843.21 crore, in keeping with change knowledge.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 1.25% to $69.25 a barrel.

On Friday, the Sensex tanked 733.22 factors or 0.90% to settle at 80,426.46. The Nifty tumbled 236.15 factors or 0.95% to an over three-week low of 24,654.70.