Stock markets decline in early trade dragged by IT firms on U.S. H-1B visa fee hike concerns

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty dropped successful aboriginal commercialized connected Monday (September 22, 2025), dragged by IT stocks amid concerns implicit the U.S. President Donald Trump’s determination to rise H-1B visa fees to $100,000 per worker.

The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 475.16 points to 82,151.07 successful opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 88.95 points to 25,238.10.

From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech and Tata Consultancy Services were trading little successful the scope of 3.88 to 2.26%.

Sun Pharma, Bharat Electronics, Axis Bank and Tata Steel were besides among the laggards.

However, Adani Ports, Eternal, Trent and Bajaj Finance were among the gainers.

President Trump connected Friday (September 19, 2025) signed a proclamation raising the interest connected the visas utilized by companies to prosecute workers, including from India, to unrecorded and enactment successful the U.S.

The H-1B visa interest of $100,000 would beryllium applicable only to caller applicants, a White House authoritative clarified connected Saturday (September 20, 2025).

“The marketplace is apt to witnesser a dualistic behaviour contiguous with the IT assemblage getting impacted by the H-1B visa contented and the home depletion themes responding to the imaginable large boost to depletion coming from the little GST rates kicking successful from today,” V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited, said.

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

U.S. markets ended higher connected Friday (September 19, 2025).

Global lipid benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.66% to $67.12 a barrel.

Foreign organization investors (FIIs) bought equities worthy ₹390.74 crore connected Friday (September 19, 2025), according to speech data.

On Friday (September 19, 2025), the Sensex tanked 387.73 points oregon 0.47% to settee astatine 82,626.23. The Nifty declined 96.55 points oregon 0.38% to 25,327.05.