India’s BSE Sensex closed about 0.5% down at 76,887 on Tuesday, reversing Monday's advance, amid continued foreign institutional investor (FII) selling, mixed earnings, elevated crude oil prices, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. Banking stocks came under pressure after the RBI finalized its Expected Credit Loss (ECL) provisioning framework. The new guidelines, effective April 1, 2027, require banks to shift from an incurred-loss model to a forward-looking approach, where they set aside provisions based on expected stress in loan portfolios instead of waiting for defaults to happen. State-owned banks are likely to be more affected than private lenders, which already maintain more conservative provisioning and contingency buffers. Axis Bank dropped 2.7%, SBIN fell 1.9%, ICICI Bank was down 1.8% and HDFC Bank shed 1%. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki dropped 2.5% after posting a quarterly profit drop. Oil & gas stocks advanced, tracking firm crude prices, while metal stocks saw mild gains.
India's main stock market index, the SENSEX, fell to 76887 points on April 28, 2026, losing 0.54% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 6.87%, though it remains 4.24% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from India. Historically, the BSE SENSEX Stock Market Index reached an all time high of 86159.02 in December of 2025. BSE SENSEX Stock Market Index - data, forecasts, historical chart - was last updated on April 28 of 2026.
India's main stock market index, the SENSEX, fell to 76887 points on April 28, 2026, losing 0.54% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 6.87%, though it remains 4.24% lower than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from India. The BSE SENSEX Stock Market Index is expected to trade at 75427.37 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate it to trade at 70140.09 in 12 months time.