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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled much than 1% connected Friday (February 13, 2026) owed to an across-the-board selloff, particularly successful metal, IT and commodity stocks, tracking sluggish planetary markets.
In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,048.16 points, oregon 1.25%, to adjacent astatine 82,626.76. During the day, the benchmark tanked 1,140.37 points, oregon 1.36%, to deed an intraday debased of 82,534.55.
The 50-share NSE Nifty plunged 336.10 points, oregon 1.30%, to settee astatine 25,471.10. In the intraday trade, it slumped 362.9 points, oregon 1.4%, to deed a debased of 25,444.30.
Among the Sensex constituents, Hindustan Unilever, Eternal, Titan, Tata Steel, Adani Ports, Tata Consultancy Services, PowerGrid, Reliance Industries, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank and HCL Technologies were the large laggards.
On the different hand, Bajaj Finance and State Bank of India were the lone gainers. "Domestic equities ended little pursuing a highly volatile session, weighed down by anemic planetary cues up of the upcoming U.S. ostentation data.
"Sentiment gains from the U.S.-India commercialized deal person faded arsenic renewed AI-driven disruption fears measurement connected hazard appetite, with markets worrying that Indian IT firms babelike connected the labour arbitrage exemplary whitethorn look tougher competitory unit than their Nasdaq peers," Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, Vinod Nair, said.
This cautious code extended crossed the broader market, pulling each large indices into antagonistic territory, with astir sectors closing successful the red, helium added.
"Metal stocks saw profit-booking amid a stronger dollar index, arsenic reports of Russia’s instrumentality to the U.S.-dollar colony strategy heightened expectations of imaginable sanctions alleviation and raised concerns implicit weaker realisations for metallic companies," Mr. Nair said.
In Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng benchmark, Shanghai's SSE Composite index, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, and South Korea's Kospi ended successful the antagonistic territory. European markets are trading connected a mixed enactment successful mid-session deals. The U.S. equities marketplace ended up to 2% little connected Thursday (February 12, 2026).
Meanwhile, Foreign organization investors bought equities worthy ₹108.42 crore connected Thursday (February 12, 2026), portion home organization investors were besides nett buyers of stocks worthy ₹276.85 crore, according to speech data.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, roseate 0.32% to $67.81 per barrel. On Thursday (February 12), the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 558.72 points to settee astatine 83,674.92. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 146.65 points to extremity astatine 25,807.20.
