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Benchmark Sensex tumbled 1,236 points oregon 1.5 per cent portion Nifty closed adjacent 25,450 connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) pursuing an across-the-board sell-off amid escalating geopolitical tensions betwixt the U.S. and Iran.
Halting the three-day gaining streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,236.11 points, oregon 1.48%, to settee astatine 82,498.14.
The 50-share NSE Nifty slumped 365 points, oregon 1.41%, to adjacent astatine 25,454.35.
Among the Sensex constituents, IndiGo, Mahindra & Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Trent, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Adani Ports, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra, ITC, Eternal and PowerGrid were the large laggards.
"The bears took complaint of the Indian marketplace arsenic rising geopolitical tensions betwixt the U.S. and Iran unsettled planetary sentiment, starring to a broad-based sell-off," Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Ltd, said.
He added that Brent crude surged to its year-to-date high, exacerbating inflationary concerns and triggering heightened marketplace volatility owed to the fearfulness of the bottlenecking of the Strait of Hormuz.
"At the aforesaid clip uncertainty surrounding the US Fed's rate-cut trajectory and continued weakness successful the INR impacted the home market. Sell-off intensified owed to debased FII information due to the fact that of Lunar New Year vacation crossed cardinal Asian markets and a non-settlement time connected relationship of a determination banking vacation successful India," Mr. Nair said.
Meanwhile, Brent Crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, roseate 1.02% to $71.07 per barrel.
In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi settled 3% higher, portion Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark closed 1% higher. Markets successful Hong Kong and mainland China remained closed for the Lunar New Year holidays.
European markets are trading little successful mid-session deals. The U.S. equities marketplace closed successful the greenish territory connected Wednesday (February 18).
Foreign organization investors bought equities worthy ₹1,154.34 crore connected Wednesday , portion home organization investors were besides the nett buyers of stocks worthy ₹440.34 crore, according to speech data.
On Wednesday, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 283.29 points to settee astatine 83,734.25, portion the broader NSE Nifty gained 93.95 points to adjacent astatine 25,819.35.
