Dalal Street started September on a sour note. After a gap-down open, benchmark indices never recovered, ending deep in the red as a lethal mix of $95 crude, spiking US yields and fresh US-Iran missile exchanges sent global risk assets tumbling.
Dalal Street closed Tuesday on a tired note. After flirting with 77,231 intra-day, the BSE Sensex settled at 76,944.28, down 12.99 points or 0.017% at 3:32 pm IST, while NSE Nifty 50 shut shop at 24,055.80, down 24.60 points or 0.10% at 3:31 pm IST.
Dalal Street had no respite on Wednesday. For the seventh session in a row, Indian equities slipped, clocking their longest losing run in 11 months as investors ran for cover amid dearer oil and rising US bond yields.
It was a jittery Monday on Dalal Street. After a hesitant start, Indian benchmarks slipped into negative territory and stayed there, dragged down by IT, metals and broad-based profit booking.
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 benchmarks ended higher on Thursday, breaking a six-day losing streak, but the gap between the Sensex and Nifty told the real story of the day — expiry volatility turbocharged by SEBI’s new closing auction.
Dalal Street went into defensive mode on Tuesday. A day after a record closing-auction surge, the Nifty 50 and Sensex both ended in the red as traders trimmed risk ahead of weekly derivatives expiry and digested the impact of SEBI’s new settlement mechanism.
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.
