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Benchmark equity indices traded in the red on Tuesday, dragged by weakness in heavyweight stocks such as Bharti Airtel and major IT shares
Sensex
Sensex Today: Benchmark equity indices traded in the red on Tuesday, dragged by weakness in heavyweight stocks such as Bharti Airtel and major IT shares. Market sentiment was also weighed down by tariff-related concerns following fresh remarks from US President Donald Trump.
The Sensex tumbled more than 1,000 points to hit the day’s low of 82,277, while the 50-share Nifty dropped over 288 points, slipping below the 25,450 mark.
Over the weekend, Trump announced new temporary global tariffs of 15 percent and warned countries against abandoning recently negotiated trade agreements, even as the Supreme Court of the United States had earlier ruled the tariff measures unlawful.
Among the Sensex-30 constituents, Infosys and Bharti Airtel together accounted for a loss of more than 250 points on the index.
In terms of percentage losers, Eternal led the declines with nearly a 4 percent fall. HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel and Infosys were down around 3 percent each.
Other major laggards included Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics, Trent Limited and ITC Limited, each declining more than 1 percent.
On the upside, State Bank of India, Power Grid Corporation of India and Tata Steel posted marginal gains.
In the broader market, the BSE MidCap 150 index fell 0.8 percent, while the BSE SmallCap 250 index declined 1 percent.
Global Markets
Across the Asia-Pacific region, markets traded mixed as investors weighed fresh tariff threats from US President Donald Trump and growing concerns over the potential disruption caused by artificial intelligence in the software sector.
South Korea’s Kospi declined 1.1 percent, reversing early gains. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 also gave up initial advances to trade 0.1 percent lower, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.77 percent.
Overnight in the United States, Wall Street indices ended sharply lower amid persistent worries about AI-led disruption and the after-effects of Friday’s US Supreme Court ruling on tariffs. The S&P 500 fell 1.04 percent, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.13 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.66 percent lower as investors rotated away from riskier assets.
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