Stock markets decline, mirroring weak global peers as Trump imposes fresh tariffs on China

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A antheral   walks past   the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, successful  Mumbai. BSE Sensex dropped to settee  astatine  82,327.05 and Nifty declined to 25,227.35.

A antheral walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, successful Mumbai. BSE Sensex dropped to settee astatine 82,327.05 and Nifty declined to 25,227.35. | Photo Credit: PTI

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell connected Monday (October 13, 2025) owed to selling successful IT and FMCG shares and a anemic inclination successful planetary markets aft U.S. President Donald Trump announced an further 100% tariff connected Chinese goods from November 1.

The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 173.77 points oregon 0.21% to settee astatine 82,327.05, snapping its two-day rally. During the day, it tanked 457.68 points oregon 0.55% to 82,043.14.

The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 58 points oregon 0.23% to 25,227.35 arsenic 30 of its constituents closed lower, 19 with gains and 1 unchanged.

Among Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Power Grid, Bharat Electronics, ITC, UltraTech Cement and Tata Consultancy Services were the large laggards.

However, Adani Ports, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Axis Bank were among the gainers.

In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Shanghai's SSE Composite Index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng settled lower. Equity markets successful Tokyo were closed owed to a holiday. Stock markets successful Europe were trading higher.

U.S. markets ended importantly little connected Friday (October 10, 2025). The Nasdaq Composite tanked 3.56%, portion the S&P 500 tumbled 2.71% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.90%.

"The home markets started the week connected a cautious enactment arsenic the ongoing U.S. authorities shutdown and escalating U.S.-China commercialized tensions triggered risk-off sentiment crossed Asia," Vinod Nair, caput of research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.

Global lipid benchmark Brent crude jumped 1.77% to $63.84 a barrel.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worthy ₹459.20 crore connected Friday, according to speech data.

Published - October 13, 2025 04:30 p.m. IST

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