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Dalal Street closed on a split note on Friday as an afternoon bounce lifted the Nifty 50 by 0.33% to 23,346, while the Sensex surrendered early gains in the final 30 minutes to settle marginally lower. With Brent crude still above $100, central banks turning hawkish, and a high-stakes governance battle erupting at Tata Sons, both indices logged their sixth consecutive weekly decline.
Dalal Street delivered a split verdict on Thursday as cautious optimism wrestled with persistent global macro pressures. While the Nifty managed a 53-point gain to close at 23,270, the Sensex ended flat with a negative bias, weighed down by an aggressive US Fed dot plot, $106 Brent crude, and massive liquidity absorption by the primary market.
Dalal Street halted its multi-session slide on Tuesday as both the Sensex and Nifty staged a relief rally from five-month lows, buoyed by defensive FMCG buying and central bank defense of the rupee. However, with Brent crude stubbornly elevated near $108 and US Treasury yields lingering at 5%, broader market sentiment remains guarded ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.
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.
Indian stocks closed deep in red on Thursday, extending losses for a fifth straight session as oil’s spike above $100/barrel and fresh geopolitical flare-ups in West Asia wiped out a mid-day recovery. Benchmarks posted their worst week in four months, with investors dumping risk ahead of quarterly earnings and a potential rate hike cycle.
Indian equities extended their losing streak on July 23, 2026, driven down by rising Brent crude prices above $96 per barrel amid US-Iran tensions. With 15 of 16 sectoral indices closing in the red, heavyweights across IT, banking, and pharma led the slide while investors pivoted toward domestic-consumption stocks.
Indian equities closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with both benchmarks extending declines for the third session in a row. A spike in crude oil prices and heavy selling in PSU banks and realty stocks overshadowed pockets of strength in FMCG and autos.
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