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Stock marketplace benchmarks ended with losses for the 3rd consecutive league connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) arsenic heightened geopolitical tensions, anemic planetary peers and persistent overseas money outflows unnerved investors.
Besides, selling successful financial, slope and depletion stocks amid ongoing weakness successful the rupee besides added to the unit successful the markets.
Recovering astir of its crisp intra-day losses, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled 270.84 points oregon 0.33% little astatine 81,909.63. The benchmark tanked 1,056.02 points, oregon 1.28%, to 81,124.45 during the day.
The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 75 points oregon 0.30% to 25,157.50.
From the 30-Sensex firms, ICICI Bank, Trent, Bharat Electronics, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro, State Bank of India and Maruti were among the biggest laggards.
In contrast, Eternal, UltraTech Cement, InterGlobe Aviation and Reliance Industries were among the gainers.
Foreign organization investors offloaded equities worthy ₹2,938.33 crore connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026), portion Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worthy ₹3,665.69 crore, according to speech data.
"Indian equity markets ended the league connected a cautious to antagonistic enactment arsenic mixed cues from Asian peers and crisp losses successful overseas markets, on with continued weakness successful the rupee, kept capitalist hazard appetite subdued," Ponmudi R., CEO of Enrich Money, an online trading and wealthiness tech firm, said.
In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 scale settled lower, portion South Korea's Kospi index, Shanghai's SSE Composite scale and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale ended higher.
Markets successful Europe were trading lower.
U.S. markets ended sharply little connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026). The Nasdaq Composite scale tumbled 2.39%, the S&P 500 dropped by 2.06%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked 1.76%.
"Domestic markets were gripped by volatility arsenic planetary hazard factors dampened sentiment. However, worth buying towards the adjacent helped the marketplace retrieve immoderate aboriginal losses. The weakening rupee and uncertainties surrounding commercialized ties whitethorn prolong this volatility," Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, dropped 1% to $64.27 per barrel.
On Tuesday (January 20, 2026), the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,065.71 points, oregon 1.28%, to settee astatine 82,180.47. The Nifty tanked 353 points oregon 1.38% to extremity astatine 25,232.50.
