Stock markets turn flat after falling in early trade

Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading level aft falling successful aboriginal commercialized connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) amid mixed inclination successful Asian equities and a emergence successful crude lipid prices.

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 264.82 points to 76,224.14 successful opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 27.6 points to 24,004.10.

However, aboriginal some the benchmark indices rebounded and were trading marginally higher. The BSE benchmark traded 44.43 points up astatine 76,521.93, and the Nifty quoted 17.20 points higher astatine 24,048.85. From the 30-Sensex firms, Eternal, Infosys, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Bharat Electronics and Maruti were among the large winners.

Sun Pharma, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Trent and Titan were among the laggards.

Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, traded 1.90% higher astatine $97.97 per barrel.

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday (May 25, 2026) said negotiations with Iran to extremity the warfare were progressing "nicely", but officials pointed retired that a last determination whitethorn instrumentality immoderate clip owed to the analyzable connection networks Tehran deploys to consult with its ultimate leader.

In Asian markets, South Korea's benchmark Kospi and Hong Kong's Hang Seng scale traded higher, portion Japan's Nikkei 225 scale and Shanghai's SSE Composite scale quoted lower.

U.S. markets were closed connected Monday for Memorial Day.

"Even though negotiations are continuing for an extremity to the West Asia situation determination are nary indications of an imminent extremity to the conflict. The 'self defence' strikes by the U.S. successful Southern Iran has travel arsenic a dampener to the ongoing negotiations. But this is not viewed by the markets arsenic the opening of different circular of subject strikes. That's wherefore Brent crude remains astir $98 having fallen much than 20% from the peak," V.K. Vijayakumar, main concern strategist, Geojit Investments Limited, said.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worthy ₹821.75 crore connected Monday, according to speech data.

On Monday, the Sensex jumped 1,073.61 points, oregon 1.42%, to settee astatine 76,488.96. The Nifty surged 312.40 points, oregon 1.32%, to extremity astatine 24,031.70.