Stock markets decline in early trade after two days of rally

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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined successful aboriginal commercialized connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) aft 2 days of crisp rally, dragged by IT stocks.

The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 116.57 points to 85,450.91 successful aboriginal trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 27.15 points to 26,145.25.

Market experts said that trading volumes are expected to stay subdued amid the holiday-shortened week.

From the 30-Sensex firms, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, Eternal and Bharti Airtel were among the large laggards.

However, Bajaj Finance, Power Grid, UltraTech Cement and Tata Steel were among the gainers.

In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite scale and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale traded successful affirmative territory.

The U.S. markets ended higher connected Monday.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹457.34 crore connected Monday (December 22), according to speech data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, remained buyers arsenic they bought equities worthy ₹4,058.22 crore.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, dipped 0.08% to $62.02 per barrel.

On Monday (December 22, 2025), the Sensex jumped 638.12 points oregon 0.75% to settee astatine 85,567.48. The Nifty climbed 206 points oregon 0.79% to adjacent supra the 26,000 people astatine 26,172.40.

Published - December 23, 2025 10:38 americium IST

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