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Stock marketplace benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted little for the 3rd time successful a enactment connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) arsenic geopolitical tensions and renewed concerns astir imaginable U.S. tariff hikes weighed connected capitalist sentiment.
Sustained overseas money outflows besides dragged the markets lower.
The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 102.20 points oregon 0.12% to settee astatine 84,961.14. During the day, it dropped 445.85 points oregon 0.52% to 84,617.49.
The 50-share NSE Nifty went down by 37.95 points, oregon 0.14%, to 26,140.75.
From the 30-Sensex firms, Maruti, Power Grid, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints and Tata Steel were among the biggest laggards.
However, Titan, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services were among the gainers.
“Indian equity markets ended today’s league connected a subdued and cautious note, with investors adopting a selective attack amid mixed home and planetary cues. Elevated geopolitical tensions and renewed tariff-related concerns continued to headdress hazard appetite and deter assertive positioning,” Ponmudi R., CEO of Enrich Money, an online trading and wealthiness tech firm, said.
Foreign organization investors offloaded equities worthy ₹107.63 crore connected Tuesday (January 6), according to speech data. Domestic organization investors, however, bought stocks worthy ₹1,749.35 crore.
“Domestic marketplace sentiment remains cautious with risk-off undertones up of Q3 FY26 net and cardinal U.S. jobs data. While QoQ firm net are expected to improve, FIIs stay risk-averse amid planetary commercialized uncertainty,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi scale and Shanghai’s SSE Composite scale settled higher, portion Japan’s Nikkei 225 scale and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng scale ended lower.
Markets successful Europe were trading mostly lower.
U.S. markets ended higher connected Tuesday (January 6).
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, declined 0.81% to $60.21 per barrel.
On Tuesday (January 6), the Sensex dropped 376.28 points, oregon 0.44%, to settee astatine 85,063.34. The Nifty declined 71.60 points, oregon 0.27%, to extremity astatine 26,178.70.
