Stock markets decline in early trade after three-day rally

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined successful aboriginal commercialized connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) aft a three-day rally amid a anemic inclination successful planetary banal markets.

After starting the commercialized connected a bearish note, the 30-share BSE Sensex further dropped 278.72 points to 83,538.97. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 94.15 points to 25,681.85.

From the Sensex firms, InterGlobe Aviation, Bharat Electronics, Axis Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel and Bharti Airtel were among the large laggards.

Hindustan Unilever, Trent, NTPC, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and State Bank of India were among the gainers.

In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi traded little by implicit 3%. Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite scale and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale were besides trading successful antagonistic territory.

U.S. markets ended mostly little connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026). The Nasdaq Composite scale tumbled 1.51% and S&P 500 declined by 0.51%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.53% higher.

Foreign organization investors bought equities worthy ₹29.79 crore connected Wednesday, according to speech data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) besides bought stocks worthy ₹249.54 crore successful the erstwhile trade.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, dropped 2.07% to $68.02 per barrel.

On Wednesday (February 4, 2026), the Sensex ended 78.56 points oregon 0.09% higher astatine 83,817.69. The Nifty went up by 48.45 points oregon 0.19% to settee astatine 25,776.