Stock markets close lower amid caution ahead of Q1 earnings; IT, oil shares drag
Dragged by late selling, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 176.43 points or 0.21% to settle at 83,536.08. During the day, it lost 330.23 points or 0.39% to 83,382.28.
The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 46.40 points or 0.18% to end at 25,476.10.
From the Sensex firms, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Bharat Electronics and ICICI Bank were among the laggards.
Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Unilever, UltraTech Cement and Power Grid were among the gainers.
'Indian key indices remained largely range-bound, while domestic consumption themes continued to anchor investor sentiment. Despite global trade tensions and commodity tariffs, investor focus is increasingly shifting toward domestic earnings and structural growth drivers, including a likely sequential recovery in urban demand and a pickup in infrastructure-led spending,' Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.
The U.S. has extended the suspension of its April 2 reciprocal tariffs until August 1.
Shares of mining giant Vedanta dropped 3.38% to end at ₹440.80 on the BSE after U.S. short seller Viceroy Research released a report charging billionaire Anil Agarwal's mining conglomerate to be 'financially unsustainable' and posing a severe risk to creditors.
Viceroy said it was shorting the debt stack of Vedanta Resources, the parent company and majority owner of Mumbai-listed Vedanta Ltd, as it released the 85-page report.
Responding to the report, Vedanta in a statement said, 'The report is a malicious combination of selective misinformation and baseless allegations to discredit the Group'.
In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi and Japan's Nikkei 225 index settled higher while Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended lower.
European markets were trading higher.
The U.S. markets ended on a flat note on Tuesday (July 8, 2025).
Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.51% to $70.51 a barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹26.12 crore on Tuesday (July 8, 2025), according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, bought stocks worth ₹1,366.82 crore.
On Tuesday (July 8, 2025), the Sensex rose by 270.01 points or 0.32% to settle at 83,712.51. The Nifty climbed 61.20 points or 0.24% to close at 25,522.50.
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