India’s benchmark indices eked out modest gains on Wednesday, June 4, as hopes of an early India-US trade agreement offset weak global cues and IT drag.

Indian equity benchmarks resumed their downward spiral on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, as severe global geopolitical shocks completely erased the previous session’s value-buying recovery. The BSE Sensex shed 303.67 points to finish at 74,346.17—after collapsing by a staggering 929 points during intraday liquidation—while the NSE Nifty 50 slid 77.95 points to settle at 23,405.60. The mid-morning panic on Dalal Street was ignited by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Iran has mined extensive commercial sectors of the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane, effectively conditioning any sanctions relief on a verified sweeping de-mining operation. While frontline banking and energy heavyweights bore the brunt of the geopolitical flight, the broader market showed resilient underlying grit. Downside risks were significantly cushioned by the domestic corporate sector, featuring a high-profile 1.5% promoter block deal in Alkem Laboratories at ₹5,200 per share backed by top domestic mutual funds, and stellar macroeconomic support as the HSBC India Services PMI climbed to a robust six-month high of 59.8 for May.

Dalal Street snapped a four-session slide on Monday, 2 June 2026, as late buying in…

Indian equities began the first trading day of June with a stumble, surrendering early morning…

Indian equities kicked off the first trading session of June on a thoroughly fractured note on Monday, June 1, 2026, as a sudden bout of aggressive, late-afternoon profit booking wiped out a spectacular morning rally. The BSE Sensex plunged 508.40 points from its intraday highs to settle at 74,267.34, while the NSE Nifty 50 surrendered the psychological 23,700 mount, sliding 165.15 points to close at 23,382.60. The index collapse stood in stark contrast to early-morning optimism fueled by the commencement of critical four-day India-U.S. trade negotiations and a robust 2% surge in IT bellwethers like Infosys and TCS. The market architecture buckled post-noon as heavyweight financial and FMCG anchors faced steep liquidations, complicated by lingering regional anxieties over stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks and a fresh 2% spike in global crude oil prices. In corporate news, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) managed an isolated counter-rally of 3.87% despite reporting a staggering ₹2,536.3 crore net loss for Q4 FY26 due to severe operational bottlenecks, as domestic institutional investors aggressively built defensive positions around broader mid-cap and small-cap segments.

Dalal Street concluded a tumultuous month on a thoroughly bruised note on Friday, May 29, 2026, as a violent, vertical selloff in the final hour of trade wiped out more than ₹3.5 lakh crore of investor wealth. The BSE Sensex disintegrated post-2:30 p.m., plummeting 1,092.05 points to settle at 74,775.74, while the NSE Nifty 50 crashed 359.40 points to close at 23,547.75—sealing deep monthly losses of 2.8% and 1.9% respectively. The multi-pronged afternoon panic was triggered by a dual macro blow: the execution of MSCI’s scheduled May index rebalancing, which aggressively trimmed India’s weight in the Emerging Markets index to 11.2% to spark severe foreign institutional capital flight, coupled with a cautious warning from U.S. Vice President JD Vance that a permanent West Asia ceasefire and nuclear memorandum are “not there yet.” Heavyweight financial and technology anchors led the bloodbath, completely clouding an isolated 22% monthly counter-rally in Adani Enterprises after U.S. legal entities systematically quashed all corporate fraud allegations against the group.