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Indian Stock Market Dips Amid Foreign Fund Outflows
Mumbai, December 8, 2025 – Indian equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, experienced a decline in early trading on Monday, December 8, 2025. The BSE Sensex dropped by 0.37% to 85,395.85, while the NSE Nifty fell by 0.41% to 26,079.75. Losses in services and realty stocks, coupled with continued selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), contributed to the downturn.
Key laggards among Sensex firms included Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics Ltd, and Axis Bank. Conversely, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, and Reliance Industries were among the gainers.
Analysts attribute the market volatility to a mix of positive and negative factors. Robust economic growth, indicated by an 8.2% Q2 GDP growth and RBI’s revised FY26 GDP growth forecast of 7.3%, supports market optimism. However, the sustained depreciation of the rupee has prompted FIIs to continuously offload equities, impacting market sentiment.
On Friday, December 5, 2025, FIIs sold equities worth ₹438.90 crore, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth ₹4,189.17 crore.
Asian markets showed mixed performance, with Japan, Shanghai, and South Korea trading in the green, while Hong Kong was in the red. U.S. markets closed higher on Friday, supported by softer inflation data and resilient macroeconomic indicators, fueling expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Brent crude oil prices rose slightly to $63.83 per barrel.
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