Stocks in India Hit 25-week Low

India’s BSE Sensex fell around 1.2% down at 80,319 on Monday, extending losses for a third straight session and touching its lowest level since September 30 of last year, as escalating tensions in the Middle East and a sharp rise in oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. All sectoral indices opened in negative territory, reflecting broad-based selling pressure, except for communications and electronic technology stocks, which recorded modest early gains. On the macro front, Friday’s Q4 GDP data showed growth eased to 7.8% from a six-quarter high of 8.4% in the previous period, yet still surpassed market expectations of 7.2% and remained the strongest among G20 economies, while investors now await HSBC’s manufacturing PMI, to be released later today, and the services and composite PMIs, scheduled for later this week. Among the individual stocks dragging the index lower were Larsen & Toubro (-5.3%), InterGlobe Aviation (-3.9%), Reliance Industries (-2%), and Axis Bank (-1.4%).

SENSEX decreased to 80093.00 Index Points, the lowest since September 2025. Over the past 4 weeks, SENSEX lost 2.93%, and in the last 12 months, it increased 11.22%.

India's BSE Sensex extended early losses to close about 1.2% down at 81,287 on Friday, the lowest since early February, marking the second session of declines. Market sentiment remained subdued, driven by renewed foreign fund selling and market nervousness over stalled US–Iran nuclear negotiations. Selling was broad-based, driven by sustained profit booking in financials, autos, and select consumption stocks, even as IT counters lent modest support. On the macro front, the attention was on the release of domestic GDP figures and inflation data from the US. Private banking majors bore the brunt of the decline. ICICI Bank fell 1.9%, Kotak Mahindra Bank dropped 1.9% and HDFC Bank slipped 1.3%. State-run lender State Bank of India also shed 0.6%. Auto companies Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra fell 2.5% and 2.3% , respectively. Among IT names, Infosys and HCL Technologies gained 0.8% each, while TCS fell by 0.3%. The index posted a weekly losses of 1.8% and a monthly decline of 1.2%.