Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Sensex fell 605 points to 83,576 and Nifty dropped 194 to 25,683, marking the steepest weekly decline in four months. Adani Enterprises, NTPC, and Godrej Properties led losses. BSE-listed companies saw over ₹15 lakh crore in market capitalisation wiped out during the week.
For the week, the Nifty declined nearly 2.5%, with all sectoral indices in the red, some correcting up to 6%. BSE-listed companies saw over ₹15 lakh crore in market capitalisation wiped out during the week.
Selling pressure was broad-based on Friday, with market breadth skewed heavily towards declines (advance-decline ratio 1:4) and more than 35 Nifty stocks ending lower; over 20 stocks fell more than 1%, including six down over 2%. The Nifty Bank slid 435 points to 59,252 but outperformed on a weekly basis, ending down ~1.5%, while the midcap index fell 474 points to 59,748 and lost over 2.5% for the week.
Adani Enterprises, NTPC, Jio Financial, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto and Adani Ports led the declines among frontline stocks. Realty was the worst-performing sector, pressured by FII selling, with Godrej Properties among the top losers. Capital market stocks remained weak, with 360 One falling 4%, while select capital goods names such as Hitachi and CG Power also saw continued pressure.
Amid the weakness, metal stocks bucked the trend. Upstream oil stocks rose 1–2% on firmer crude. On the downside, IEX tumbled 8% after CERC did not withdraw the market coupling order, while Manappuram fell 8% on a Reuters report citing RBI concerns over the Bain deal.
Overall, the week was marked by risk-off sentiment, broad-based selling and sectoral pressure, leaving benchmarks with their steepest weekly decline in months.