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📈 Closing Data Table
🇮🇳 India Equity Markets
| Index | Close | Daily Move |
|---|---|---|
| Sensex | 82,180.47 | ↓1,065.71 pts (−1.28%) |
| Nifty 50 | 25,232.50 | ↓353.00 pts (−1.38%) |
| Nifty Midcap 100 | ~Down ~2.6% | Broader weakness |
| Nifty Smallcap 100 | ~Down ~2.7% | Broader weakness |
💱 Currency
| FX Pair | Level | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| USD/INR | ~90.97 | Rupee softened through the session |
🪙 Commodities
- Gold (India & global): Elevated on safe-haven flows amid risk aversion.
- Silver: Also strong, tracking safe-haven demand.
- Crude Oil (Brent): Mixed/soft given demand concerns and risk-off mood (mid-$60s).
📈 SECTORAL TRENDS
Underperformance Across the Board
• All major NSE sector indices closed in the red — Realty led losses, down >5%, followed by Auto and IT.
• Broader markets saw deeper cuts; midcaps/smallcaps fell ~2.6–2.8%.
Relative Performers
• ICICI Bank declined modestly but outperformed several peers.
Notable Laggards
• NTPC: underperformed amid broad sell-off.
• Axis Bank: slipped with financial peers on weak sentiment.
• Reliance Industries: fell but outperformed some utilities/power peers.
🏢 CORPORATE & POLICY UPDATE
Earnings & Stocks
• Mixed Q3 results continued to shape stock-specific moves, with weak earnings cues from IT names contributing to today’s broad market decline.
Policy/Geopolitical Influence
• Global trade tensions — particularly renewed tariff concerns and policy uncertainty — weighed on risk assets and drove safe-haven flows.
Domestic Policy Environment
• Markets continue to price in Union Budget 2026 expectations (1 Feb), focusing on capex, fiscal deficit path and structural reforms.
💸 FLOWS & MACRO SIGNALS
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
• Persistent FII selling has amplified downside pressure this month, contributing to the steep declines across benchmarks.
Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs)
• DIIs provided some dip support, but not enough to offset broader sell-offs.
Rupee & Volatility
• USD/INR remained under pressure near ~90.97, reflecting capital outflows and flight to safety.
• India VIX rose, signalling elevated volatility expectations.
🌍 GLOBAL MARKET CUES
Risk Sentiment
• Global equities were weak on trade risk and geopolitical headlines, pressuring EM assets (including India).
Safe Haven Flows
• Gold & silver rallied as investors moved to defensive assets amid macro uncertainty.
Macro Themes
• Broader macro uncertainty — including mixed global data, tariff concerns and policy ambiguity — drove risk-off positioning across asset classes.
📌 FININ2MIN BOTTOM LINE
Markets ended sharply lower today as risk-off sentiment accelerated.
• Benchmark slide: Sensex down ~1.3% and Nifty down ~1.4%, marking lows not seen in three months.
• Sector weakness was broad-based, led by realty, auto and IT, with midcaps/smallcaps under pressure.
• Flows remain tilted to the downside, with FPI selling and safe-haven buying.
• Gold and Silver strengthened as risk hedges, while the rupee weakened toward ~91/$.
👉 Bottom line: Risk-off dominance and earnings uncertainty outweigh domestic macro positives — tactical defense and valuation discipline are key near-term themes.
Market data and developments are based on live updates, news coverage, and financial sources as of the end of today’s session. Finin2min content is for market insight and discussion only. Not investment advice.
