Stock markets end marginally lower in volatile trade ahead of RBI rate decision; fall for seventh day

On Monday (September 29, 2025), the benchmark stock indices sense and Nifty closed down marginally in an unstable session, later this week’s decision was dragged by bank shares by constant foreign funds outflow ahead of RBI’s interest rate decision.

After coagging between profit and loss in a restricted trade, the 30-shyer BSE Sensex fell by 61.52 points or 0.08%, settling at 80,364.94. During the day, it hit the high of 80,851.38 and lower 80,248.84.

Falling for the seventh consecutive season, the 50-chair NSE Nifty slipped from 19.80 points or from 0.08% to 24,634.90. The Nifty has fallen more than 3% in seven straight sessions due to selling by foreign investors.

Sensex Firms, Maruti, Axis Bank, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Adani Port and Hindustan Unilever Legords were.

However, Titan, State Bank of India, Anant and Trent were among the major beneficiaries.

“The domestic market concluded an unstable session on a flat note as the investors became more alerted before a holiday-led week and continued the sale of FII. Lack of clarity in the US-India trade deal and prolonged pressure on IT and pharma indices said about the concerns,” Vinod Nair, Jegerate Investments said. “

In the Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi, Shanghai’s SSE Composite Index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng settled in the positive area, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was reduced.

Equity markets were doing more business in Europe. The American markets ended more on Friday (26 September).

According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FII) on Friday shut down the price of 5,687.58 crores, while domestic institutional investors (DII) bought shares worth Rs 5,843.21 crore.

Global Oil Benchmark Brent crude declined by 1.25% to $ 69.25 per barrel.

On Friday, Sensex gave 733.22 points or 0.90% tank to settle at 80,426.46. The Nifty dropped 236.15 points or 0.95% at a three-week low of 24,654.70.