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Dalal Street ended the day on a jittery note, with both headline indices giving up intraday gains to close in negative territory for the second day in a row.
Indian equities wrapped up the week on a subdued note, with the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex both slipping into the red on Friday as rising crude and renewed Middle East tensions kept investors risk-averse.
Indian equities closed lower on Wednesday, giving up early gains as profit booking in heavyweight financials and caution ahead of inflation data kept sentiment muted.
Indian markets finished in the green on Friday, capping July with a second straight month of gains. The rally was less about domestic euphoria and more about global reallocation — money leaving crowded AI trades and landing in India.
Regular market timers on Dalal Street bore witness to an absolute masterclass in technical momentum on August 3, 2026. Unwinding weeks of macro anxiety, the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 posted an explosive 390.70-point surge, climbing 1.60% to settle at a powerful 24,774.30.
Indian markets shrugged off early nerves from a fresh flare-up in the Middle East to close with modest gains on Thursday, as domestic earnings and steady foreign inflows helped offset global headwinds.
Indian equities surged on Wednesday with a broad-based rally, as bargain hunters returned to IT and financials ahead of the US Federal Reserve decision. Both benchmarks logged their best single-day gains in over a week, shrugging off fresh geopolitical noise from the Middle East.
India’s equity benchmarks took a breather on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. After snapping a 5-day losing streak on Monday, both indices drifted lower in a choppy session.
Dalal Street shrugged off a week of jitters on Monday, staging its sharpest single-day comeback in a month as a twin tailwind — falling crude and a pause in US-Iran hostilities — lured buyers back in droves.
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