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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled implicit 1% connected Friday (February 27, 2026) owed to caller overseas money outflows and subdued planetary trends amid rising geopolitical risks.
The deficiency of advancement successful U.S.–Iran atomic talks has intensified concerns of further escalation of Middle East tensions, experts said.
The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 961.42 points oregon 1.17%, to settee astatine 81,287.19. During the day, it dropped 1,089.46 points oregon 1.32%, to 81,159.15.
The 50-share NSE Nifty tumbled 317.90 points oregon 1.25%, to extremity astatine 25,178.65.
From the Sensex pack, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finserv, InterGlobe Aviation, Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti were among the large laggards.
HCL Tech, Trent, Infosys and Eternal were the gainers.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹3,465.99 crore connected Thursday (February 26, 2026), according to speech data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, bought stocks worthy ₹5,031.57 crore.
“Indian markets continued to consolidate amid anemic planetary cues and rising geopolitical risks, with capitalist sentiment turning progressively cautious. The deficiency of advancement successful U.S.–Iran atomic talks has intensified concerns of further escalation of Middle East tensions, portion persistent AI-related uncertainty is besides supporting safe-haven flows. Domestically, a risk-off code prevails arsenic the net play winds down and planetary macro factors instrumentality precedence,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.
In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi fell by 1%. Japan's Nikkei 225, Shanghai's SSE Composite scale and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale ended successful affirmative territory.
Markets successful Europe were trading connected a mixed note.
The U.S. marketplace ended mostly little connected Thursday (February 26, 2026).
“Weak planetary cues and rising geopolitical uncertainty pursuing inconclusive U.S.–Iran talks weighed connected capitalist confidence, triggering broad-based profit-booking crossed auto, FMCG and pharma stocks aft caller advances. The lack of caller home triggers further accelerated the downside momentum, particularly during the last hr of trade,” Hariprasad K, Research Analyst and Founder, Livelong Wealth, said.
Brent Crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, jumped 1.26% to $71.64 per barrel.
On Thursday (February 26, 2026), the Sensex dipped marginally by 27.46 points, oregon 0.03%, to settee astatine 82,248.61. The Nifty eked retired a marginal summation of 14.05 points oregon 0.06%, to extremity astatine 25,496.55.
