Market extends fall in fourth week; first time since October 2024
The Indian rupee continued the fall in the third week as the local unit declined 37 paise at 86.52 per dollar on July 25 against the July 18 closing of 86.15. During the week the rupee touched a low of 86.62 and high of 86.20.
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The Indian equity indices registered the longest weekly losing streak of 2025, as they extended the fall in the fourth consecutive week ended July 25, which is also the first time since October 2024. The market experienced high volatility during the week, amid India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), mixed earnings from India Inc, sustained foreign outflow, and uncertainties over US-India trade deal.
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In this week, the BSE Sensex index fell 294.64 points or 0.36 percent to finish at 81463.09, and Nifty50 declined 131.4 points or 0.52 percent to close at 24837.
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The BSE Small-cap index plunged 2.5 percent with Indian Energy Exchange, Blue Jet Healthcare, Control Print, Wendt (India), KSolves India, Ion Exchange (India), Ceat, Veranda Learning Solutions, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company, Quick Heal Technologies, Transrail Lighting, PC Jeweller, Ideaforge Technology, Cigniti Technologies falling between 10-34 percent. On the other hand, InfoBeans Technologies, KIOCL, Tilaknagar Industries, Master Trust, SML Isuzu added between 20-40 percent.
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BSE Mid-cap Index shed 1.7 percent. Losers were Coforge, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Persistent Systems, MphasiS, AU Small Finance Bank, Colgate Palmolive (India), while gainers were One 97 Communications (Paytm), 3M India, UPL, Coromandel International, Dixon Technologies.
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The BSE Large-cap Index fell 0.7 percent. Losers included Lodha Developers, Nestle India, Reliance Industries, Trent, NTPC Green Energy, Tech Mahindra, while gainers were Eternal, Swiggy, Info Edge India, Jindal Steel & Power, ICICI Bank, Ambuja Cements, Waaree Energies, Shree Cements, Hindalco Industries, Tata Motors.
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On the sectoral, Nifty Media index shed 5.7 percent, Nifty Realty index declined nearly 5 percent, Nifty IT index plunged 4 percent, Nifty oil & gas and FMCG shed 3.5 percent each. However, Nifty Bank, Pharma and Private Bank indices ended with marginal gains.
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The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers throughout the week, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) compensated with buying the equities. FIIs extended their selling in fourth week, as they sold equities worth Rs 13,552.91 crore, however, DII bought equities worth Rs 17,932.45 crore, extending buying in 14th week.
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During the week, Reliance Industries lost the most in terms of market value, followed by ITC, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys. On the other hand, Eternal, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank added the most of their market-cap. (Disclaimer: MoneyControl is a part of the Network18 group. Network18 is controlled by Independent Media Trust, of which Reliance Industries is the soles beneficiary.)
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The Indian rupee continued the fall in the third week as the local unit declined 37 paise at 86.52 per dollar on July 25 against the July 18 closing of 86.15. During the week the rupee touched a low of 86.62 and high of 86.20.
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