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Stock markets closed little for the 2nd consecutive time connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025), with the benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange index, Sensex, declining by 436 points arsenic investors booked profits up of the U.S. Federal Reserve's argumentation decision.
The 30-share Bomaby Stock Exchange (BSE) scale Sensex dropped 436.41 points oregon 0.51% to adjacent astatine a astir two-week debased of 84,666.28. During the day, the barometer plunged by 719.73 points oregon 0.84% to deed an intraday debased of 84,382.96 arsenic blue-chip backstage banks, lipid and IT shares retreated.
The 50-share National Stock Exchange (NSE) scale Nifty dropped by 120.90 points oregon 0.47 per% to settee astatine 25,839.65. In the intraday session, it depreciated by 232.55 points oregon 0.89% to deed a debased of 25,728.
Analysts said persistent overseas money outflows and anemic planetary cues weighed connected the capitalist sentiment.
Among the Sensex constituents, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki India, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, Mahindra and Mahindra and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were the laggards.
However, Eternal, Titan, Adani Ports, Bharat Electronics Ltd., State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, NTPC and Bharti Airtel were among the gainers.
"Domestic equities opened lower, extending nett booking amid caution up of tomorrow's U.S. Fed argumentation decision, rupee weakness, persistent FII outflows and ongoing uncertainty implicit the India-U.S. commercialized deal. IT stocks led the decline, while Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks, realty, and user durables gained, with tiny caps outperforming different indices," Vinod Nair, caput of research, Geojit Investments Ltd, said.
The U.S. Federal Reserve is acceptable to statesman its two-day argumentation gathering aboriginal connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025), wherever the Central Bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) volition determine connected cardinal benchmark involvement rates for the world's largest economy.
In Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index, Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite, South Korea's Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) settled little portion Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark ended successful the greenish territory.
European markets are trading higher. Wall Street ended little successful overnight deals connected Monday (December 8, 2025).
Mr. Nair added that planetary sentiment was further pressured by surging Japanese enslaved yields and expectations of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) tightening monetary argumentation astatine its upcoming December meeting. While the markets mostly expect a 25-basis-point complaint chopped by the Fed and a complaint hike by the BoJ, guardant guidance for 2026 volition beryllium critical.
Meanwhile, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹655.59 crore connected Monday (December 8, 2025), portion Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worthy ₹2,542.49 crore, according to speech data.
"In the adjacent term, Central Bank commentary, currency movement, and FII flows volition steer sentiment, portion home macro resilience is expected to supply a cushion against downside risks," Mr. Nair said.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, fell 0.27% to $62.33 per barrel.
On Monday (December 8, 2025), the 30-share BSE scale Sensex plunged by 609.68 points to adjacent astatine 85,102.69. Snapping a two-day gaining streak, the 50-share NSE scale Nifty declined by 225.90 points to settee astatine 25,960.55.
