Stock Market Update: Indian benchmark indices experienced a downturn today, with the Sensex falling 380 points and the Nifty breaching the 25,850 mark. This decline was primarily driven by persistent foreign fund outflows and dragged down by blue-chip bank stocks.
The 30-share BSE Sensex opened lower, shedding 380.02 points to reach 85,261.88. Similarly, the NSE Nifty mirrored this sentiment, declining by 98.3 points to settle at 26,077.45.
Sectoral Performance and Key Stocks
The downturn was broad-based, with most sectoral indices ending in the red. Notably, IT, metal, oil & gas, capital goods, FMCG, realty and PSU bank indices experienced declines. Financial Services were down by 1.72% and Realty down by 1.68%. The Nifty Bank crashed 1.59%, while the Private Bank and PSU Bank indices dropped 1.70% and 1.42%, respectively.
Among the Sensex constituents, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Adani Ports, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Eternal were among the prominent laggards. Conversely, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, and Bajaj Finance bucked the trend, registering gains. Asian Paints Ltd surged to a last traded price of 2938.3, marking a strong gain of 2.47%. Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd advanced 1.05% to 1273.3, while Maruti Suzuki India Ltd increased by 0.66% to 16204.
L&T Foods Performance
L&T Foods experienced a downturn, with its share price down by 6%. As of December 8, 2025, at the close of the market, L&T Foods share price stood at ₹393.5. During the day, the stock touched a high of ₹398.5 and a low of ₹387.2.
Global Market Influences
The domestic market mirrored the subdued sentiment in Asian markets. Shanghai's SSE Composite index traded lower, while South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index showed positive movement. US markets closed lower on Monday.
FII and DII Activity
Data indicated that Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,171.31 crore on Monday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 2,558.93 crore.
Expert Outlook
Rajesh Bhosale, an equity technical analyst at Angel One, noted that the Nifty 50 has found critical support at 25,850-25,700 levels. According to Bajaj Broking Research, key support for the Nifty lies at 25,900–25,700, aligning with the bullish gap from November 12, the 50-day EMA, and the lower band of the rising channel. Ruchit Jain of Motilal Oswal noted that the Nifty's higher top and higher bottom structure remains intact and emphasized that the market continues to favor buying on dips, with support at 26,000.
Commodities
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, experienced a slight dip of 0.03 percent to USD 63.15 per barrel.
