Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slipped in early trade on Thursday, but later bounced back to trade in positive territory, amid value buying at lower levels. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 156.83 points to 84,949.98 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty skidded 47 points to 25,938.95. However, later both the benchmark indices recovered their early lost ground and traded higher. The BSE benchmark quoted 146.52 points higher at 85,244.78, while the Nifty traded 36.70 points up at 26,024.80. Both the benchmark indices were on a downtrend for the past four days. From the Sensex firms, Hindustan Unilever, Eternal, Titan, Power Grid, UltraTech Cement and State Bank of India were among the laggards. However, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Tech, Bharat Electronics, Asian Paints and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were among the gainers. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 3,206.92 crore on Wednesday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 4,730.41 crore, according to exchange data. "Nifty slipped below the 26,000 mark yesterday, extending its losing streak to a fourth straight session with market breadth firmly favouring the bears. A sliding rupee, and persistent FII outflows continue to weigh on sentiment, while upcoming RBI and Fed policy decisions and geopolitical developments could add fresh volatility," Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi traded lower while Japan's Nikkei 225 index Hong Kong's Hang Seng index quoted in positive territory. US markets ended higher on Wednesday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, climbed 0.35 per cent to USD 62.89 per barrel. On Wednesday, the Sensex dipped 31.46 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 85,106.81. The Nifty skidded 46.20 points or 0.18 per cent to 25,986. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
04 December,2025 10:37 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIEquity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Wednesday amid persistent foreign fund outflows and profit-taking by investors. Falling for the fourth day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 165.35 points to 84,972.92 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 77.85 points to 25,954.35. From the Sensex firms, Hindustan Unilever, Bharat Electronics, Titan, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, NTPC, and State Bank of India were among the major laggards. However, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and ICICI Bank were gainers. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 3,642.30 crore on Tuesday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 4,645.94 crore, according to exchange data. FII outflows, a record-weak rupee, and pressure on banking stocks keep sentiment fragile, Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said. The rupee fell 6 paise to a record low of 90.05 against US dollar in early trade. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi and Japan's Nikkei 225 index quoted in positive territory, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index traded lower. US markets ended higher on Tuesday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, quoted 0.03 per cent down at USD 62.43 per barrel. Falling for the third straight session on Tuesday, the Sensex tumbled 503.63 points, or 0.59 per cent, to settle at 85,138.27. The Nifty declined 143.55 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 26,032.20. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
03 December,2025 10:51 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIStock markets declined on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex tumbling nearly 504 points due to selling in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries, and persistent foreign fund outflows. Falling for the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 503.63 points or 0.59 per cent to settle at 85,138.27. During the day, the benchmark tanked 588.9 points or 0.68 per cent to hit a low of 85,053. The index had scaled a record high level in intra-day trade in the previous session, but closed lower due to profit booking in the second half. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 143.55 points or 0.55 per cent to 26,032.20. Among Sensex firms, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Bharat Electronics and Larsen & Toubro were the biggest laggards. However, Asian Paints, Maruti, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance were among the gainers. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,171.31 crore on Monday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 2,558.93 crore, according to exchange data. In Asian markets, Shanghai's SSE Composite index settled lower while South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended in positive territory. Markets in Europe were trading higher. US markets ended lower on Monday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.33 per cent to USD 62.96 per barrel. On Monday, the Sensex pared early gains and ended 64.77 points or 0.08 per cent lower at 85,641.90. During the day, the benchmark jumped 452.35 points or 0.52 per cent to hit a record intra-day high of 86,159.02. The Nifty dipped 27.20 points or 0.10 per cent to settle at 26,175.75. During the day, it climbed 122.85 points or 0.46 per cent to hit a lifetime high of 26,325.80. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
02 December,2025 05:12 PM IST | Mumbai | PTIBenchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday dragged by blue-chip bank stocks and persistent foreign fund outflows. After scaling record high level in the previous intra-day session, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 380.02 points to 85,261.88 during initial trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 98.3 points to 26,077.45. From the Sensex firms, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Adani Ports, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Eternal were among the biggest laggards. However, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and Bajaj Finance were among the gainers. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,171.31 crore on Monday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 2,558.93 crore, according to exchange data. In Asian markets, Shanghai's SSE Composite index traded lower while South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index quoted in positive territory. US markets ended lower on Monday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.03 per cent to USD 63.15 per barrel. On Monday, the Sensex pared early gains and ended 64.77 points or 0.08 per cent lower at 85,641.90. During the day, the benchmark jumped 452.35 points or 0.52 per cent to hit a record intra-day high of 86,159.02. The Nifty dipped 27.20 points or 0.10 per cent to settle at 26,175.75. During the day, it climbed 122.85 points or 0.46 per cent to hit a lifetime high of 26,325.80. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
02 December,2025 10:28 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIHi readers, I know the title might sound shocking, but hear me out, the least you can do for your future is give me a few minutes of your attention. My name is David Merkur, and I’m the CEO of Gold Silver Mart, a precious metals dealer. I started Gold Silver Mart with my brother Aharon in May 2023 after we spent years developing a trading strategy that we believed gave us a real edge when investing in gold and silver. We wanted to monetize that edge, so we built a business around it. Since then, we’ve been putting our approach to the test publicly. I run a portfolio on Blossom Social under the name 100toM, which stands for turning $100 into $1,000,000. That account is currently up over 400% over the past year, and you can follow along with the performance and commentary for yourself. I was also featured in an article on Nasdaq for my unconventional approach to forecasting gold’s direction, and the predictions I shared there have so far tracked the market remarkably well. I’m sharing all this not to brag, but because I want you to understand that I don’t come to this topic lightly. I live and breathe these markets. This is what I do. So when I say I believe the stock market could crash as much as 80%, I don’t expect you to take it on faith. I want you to weigh the evidence, challenge it, and think critically about what it might mean for you. My only request is that you read this with an open mind. Over the years, I’ve spent countless hours studying market cycles, gold, oil, stocks, and economic history. What I’m about to share isn’t investment advice, it’s my opinion based on patterns, historical evidence, and how I see the system working beneath the surface. And in my view, all the signs point to a coming 80% collapse in the stock market, one that could rival or even surpass the Great Depression. If that sounds extreme, that’s because it is. But every time people have dismissed these signals, they’ve paid a heavy price. So before you write this off, let me walk you through the evidence and explain how crashes unfold in three distinct stages, and why this one might be worse than anything we’ve seen before. Stage 1: Gold’s Rise – The Real Crash Begins I want to start where the real story begins, with gold. For thousands of years, gold was money. It wasn’t some alternative asset or hedge; it was the foundation of the entire financial system. Currencies were simply representations of the gold they could be redeemed for. The value of oil, land, goods, and services was measured by how much gold they were worth. That all changed in the early 1970s, when the United States decided it could no longer redeem dollars for gold. Overnight, the global monetary anchor was gone, and paper money was set free. But here’s the part most people miss: just because we stopped measuring money in gold doesn’t mean gold stopped measuring money. Everything is still priced in gold, maybe not directly, but beneath the surface. It’s why I say when gold rises, it’s not gold going up, it’s everything else going down. You can see this most clearly in the story of oil. After the gold standard ended, oil-producing nations, especially Saudi Arabia, realized that the dollars they were receiving for their oil were buying them less and less real value. They weren’t just getting fewer goods; they were getting far less gold. They weren’t thinking in dollars. They were thinking in gold. And what they saw was that the same barrel of oil was fetching a shrinking amount of real money. This is what most people miss about oil pricing: oil isn’t really priced in dollars. It’s priced in gold, because oil powers the world and gold is money. Dollars are just the medium that sits between the two. Every time the gold price rises sharply, oil’s real purchasing power collapses. If gold doubles, oil is suddenly worth half as much in real terms, even if the dollar price hasn’t changed. That’s the hidden truth beneath every inflation cycle and every commodity boom. And this is where Stage 1 of a major crash always starts. Gold begins to rise, not because the world suddenly loves gold, but because the market is signaling that everything else is overvalued when measured in real money. Stocks, real estate, bonds, even oil, they’re all shrinking relative to gold. Let’s look at what actually happened during the biggest market collapses of the last few decades, comparing gold and stocks from their peaks before the crash to their lowest points during the panic: · 2000–2002 (Dot-Com Bust): S&P 500 crashed about –49%, while gold rose roughly +12%. Stock investors were cut in half, while gold holders gained purchasing power. · 2008–2009 (Global Financial Crisis): S&P 500 collapsed about –56.8%, while gold’s worst drawdown was about –31% before skyrocketing to new highs. Gold fell roughly half as much as stocks and recovered dramatically faster. · 2020 (COVID Crash): S&P 500 dropped around –34%, while gold fell only –15% before blasting through to record highs within five months. The message in that data is clear: gold doesn’t crash like stocks do, and often, it doesn’t crash at all. Even in the worst panics, gold either rises or falls far less than equities, and it almost always recovers faster. If you measure your wealth in real terms, gold consistently preserves far more purchasing power than paper assets. This is why I say the real crash starts here. When gold starts moving, the repricing has already begun. Everything else is being marked down in real money terms, and most people don’t even realize it’s happening yet. Stage 2: Bonds Surge – Safety Becomes the Priority Once gold starts flashing the warning sign, the second domino to fall is the bond market. This is when fear stops being subtle and becomes visible. Investors who ignored gold’s message rush into government bonds, not because they believe in them, but because they believe everything else is about to get worse. A bond rally isn’t optimism, it’s a vote of no confidence. When bond prices surge and yields collapse, that’s the market screaming that growth is slowing, inflation is peaking, and risk assets are about to get hit. When fear creeps in, capital doesn’t disappear, it runs. And the first place it runs after gold is into bonds. Pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, and even retail investors sell equities and move into long-duration Treasuries, chasing safety and liquidity. The result is yields plunging, often well before central banks make a single policy move. We’ve seen this play out over and over: - 2000–2002 (Dot-Com Bust): 10-year Treasury yields collapsed from around 6.5% to under 4%. - 2008–2009 (GFC): Yields plunged from roughly 5.3% to ~2.1% as capital fled stocks. Long-term Treasury ETFs like TLT surged more than 30% during the worst equity collapse in generations. - 2020 (COVID Crash): The 10-year yield fell from about 1.9% to just 0.5%, its lowest level in history, even before the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive easing began. This isn’t optimism, it’s triage. It’s the market abandoning risk and retreating to safety. Bonds are where capital hides while it figures out its next move. This stage is also where liquidity stress builds. As bond yields collapse, they’re telling you something deeper: credit demand is drying up, growth expectations are deteriorating, and risk appetites are evaporating. It’s the financial system pulling its hand away from the stove before it gets burned. But this rotation is never the end of the story, it’s the bridge to what comes next. Once yields are near zero and bonds are overbought, there’s only one place left for capital to run: cash. And that transition, from fear to outright panic, is what triggers the final stage of a crash. Stage 3: Cash Strengthens – The Final Panic Phase If gold is the warning siren and bonds are the fire alarm, then cash, specifically U.S. dollars, is where everyone runs when the chaos is undeniable. In a global crisis, the U.S. dollar isn’t just another currency, it’s the world’s reserve currency and a symbol of stability backed by the mightiest economy on earth. When everything else is falling apart, investors don’t flock to pesos or rupees, they flock to dollars. From bonds to the dollar: the capital rotation By the time we reach this stage, bond yields are already near zero and government debt is expensive. There’s nowhere left to hide. Forced liquidations accelerate. Margin calls cascade. Corporations and funds start hoarding cash simply to survive. And global investors, from sovereign wealth funds to central banks, rush into U.S. dollars because they trust it more than anything else. This surge into dollars is not a sign that the dollar is “winning.” It’s a sign that everything else is losing purchasing power faster. The dollar becomes the safest harbor not because it is flawless, but because it is the least dangerous ship in a violent storm. Equities finally crack, and it’s brutal This is when the final domino falls. Stocks, which often hold up longer than people expect, finally implode. Investors who ignored the gold signal in Stage 1 and the bond signal in Stage 2 are now forced sellers. · In 1929, the Dow didn’t reclaim its peak until 1954, a 25-year recovery. The S&P Composite index plunged more than 80% from its high. · In the dot-com collapse (2000–2002), the Nasdaq lost about 77% and took 15 years to recover. · In 2008, the S&P 500 fell roughly 57%, erasing over a decade of gains in less than two years. These collapses wipe out wealth on a generational scale. The deeper the bubble, the deeper and longer the bust. Valuation is the smoking gun One of the biggest reasons I believe we’re heading toward a potential 80% crash is valuation. Forward P/E ratios today are among the highest in history. And as Howard Marks explains brilliantly, there’s a clear historical relationship between valuations and future returns: the higher the starting point, the lower, and often negative, the returns over the next decade. The 8–12% myth Wall Street loves to repeat the story that the S&P 500 “averages 8–12% per year.” But the truth is it almost never delivers in that range. The index swings violently, huge gains in boom years and catastrophic losses in busts. The so-called “average” is a mathematical illusion hiding the reality of cycles. Recoveries take decades People consistently underestimate how long recoveries from valuation-driven collapses take. The 1930s bear market required 25 years to return to previous highs. The dot-com bust took 15 years. Even 2008, with record central bank intervention, wiped out more than a decade of gains. If the next collapse is worse, and I believe it could be, we might not just be talking about years. We could be talking about decades. The deeper the excesses, the more violent the correction. And today, those excesses are everywhere. The Gold-to-S&P Ratio – A Hidden Warning Signal There’s one chart almost nobody talks about, yet it’s one of the most important in understanding where we are in this cycle: the gold-to-S&P 500 ratio. It measures how many units of the S&P 500 index one ounce of gold can buy, and it’s one of the clearest ways to see how expensive stocks are relative to real money. When this ratio is low, stocks are expensive and gold is cheap. When the ratio rises, it means either stocks are crashing, gold is rising, or both. And throughout history, that ratio doesn’t just revert back to the mean, it often overshoots far above it as the pendulum swings back in gold’s favor. We’ve seen this again and again: - 2000 (Dot-Com Bust): The gold-to-S&P ratio more than tripled in the years following the peak. - 2008 (Global Financial Crisis): The ratio nearly doubled by 2011 as gold outperformed dramatically. - 2020 (COVID Crash): The ratio jumped about 60% in just months as capital rotated aggressively into gold. Right now, that ratio remains near historic lows. That means stocks are still extremely overvalued relative to gold, and gold has an enormous amount of catch-up to do just to reach historical averages. If history repeats, the ratio will have to rise significantly. And if panic drives it beyond the mean, as it often does, gold could dramatically overshoot and dominate performance for a decade or more. This isn’t a short-term story. In my view, the coming gold bull market could last 10 to 20 years. It’s not a trade, it’s a structural shift. We’ve seen this type of long cycle before. Gold’s run in the 1970s lasted almost a decade. Its surge from the early 2000s into the 2010s lasted well over a decade. Every time the paper system overextends, the reversion lasts years, not months. And we are more overextended now than at any time in modern history. Economic Warning Signs Are Already Flashing If all of this sounds theoretical, take a step back and look at what’s happening in real time. The early warning lights are already flashing, the same ones that lit up before every major market collapse of the past century. Most investors choose to ignore them until it’s too late. Here’s what I’m watching: · Oil prices are collapsing. Oil is the heartbeat of global economic activity. When oil demand falls sharply, it’s not just about energy, it’s about slowing growth, shrinking production, and weakening trade. Historically, major drops in oil prices have preceded or coincided with recessions and market crashes. If oil’s real price (measured in gold) is falling, it’s a sign the system is contracting in real terms. · PMI and ISM are signaling contraction. Both the Manufacturing PMI and the ISM Service Index have gone below 50, the critical line that separates growth from contraction. Every single recession in modern U.S. history has been preceded by this breakdown. · Consumer sentiment is collapsing. Consumer spending drives roughly two-thirds of the U.S. economy. When sentiment crashes, spending follows, and that has a domino effect on earnings, employment, and growth. Current levels are as bad as or worse than what we saw before the 2008 crisis. · Interest rates are rolling over. Bond yields peaking and starting to fall isn’t a sign of relief, it’s a sign the market expects weaker growth and potential deflation. This is exactly what we saw in the months leading up to the 2000 and 2008 crashes. · Gold is outperforming almost everything else. This isn’t random. It’s the first stage of the sequence I’ve laid out, gold signaling that real money is being revalued upward as paper assets lose ground. · Defaults and bankruptcies are rising. Consumer delinquencies are climbing, corporate defaults are increasing, and bankruptcy filings are accelerating. These are classic late-cycle indicators, the financial system starts to buckle from the bottom up before the real panic begins. All of these signals point in the same direction. They’re not isolated data points. They’re pieces of a puzzle, and when you put them together, they form the same picture we saw in 2000, 2008, and 2020. Only this time, the stakes are higher. Why This Crash Could Be Worse Than Any Before I believe this time could be different, and worse, not because history has stopped repeating, but because the underlying system is more fragile than it’s ever been. Global debt is at record highs. Governments, corporations, and households alike are drowning in obligations that can only be sustained in a world of constant growth and low rates. Central banks are trapped: if they raise rates too far, they risk triggering mass defaults and systemic collapse; if they cut them too soon, they risk igniting inflation and destroying confidence in fiat money. They are boxed in on all sides. Leverage is everywhere. Speculation is rampant. Financial engineering has replaced productivity as the driver of returns. And valuations, across stocks, bonds, and real estate, are stretched far beyond what economic fundamentals can support. Every metric that has ever mattered is screaming the same thing: this system is more brittle and overextended than at any point in modern history. In past crashes, policymakers still had room to maneuver. They could slash rates, inject liquidity, and stabilize the system. Today, that room is gone. The margin for error has evaporated. The next major reset will occur in a world with fewer safety nets, higher stakes, and far more debt than ever before. That’s why I believe the next crash could be deeper, longer, and more transformative than anything we’ve experienced. If the cycle fully resets, and I think it will, the effects won’t just be financial. They will be structural. The global economy, the role of currencies, the balance between hard assets and paper promises, all of it could change. Final Thoughts: A Warning, Not a Guarantee I’m not writing any of this to scare you. I’m writing it because I believe most people are walking toward a cliff blindfolded, repeating slogans about “8% returns” and “stocks always go up” while ignoring the data that history has put right in front of them. I could be wrong. I hope I am. But the evidence is overwhelming: gold is signaling danger, bonds are confirming it, cash will soon follow, and stocks are standing on a trapdoor. The same sequence that has preceded every major market collapse is unfolding again, right now. I’m David Merkur, CEO of Gold Silver Mart. I’ve spent years studying these cycles and trying to understand how wealth behaves when paper promises break down. And based on everything I’ve learned, I believe an 80% stock market crash is not just possible, it’s likely. I’m not here to tell you what to do. My goal is to give you something to think about. And if even part of what I’m saying could be true, then it’s worth asking yourself how exposed you are, and whether you should speak with someone who understands how to protect against that risk. What you choose to do with that is entirely up to you. But ignoring it would be a choice, too, and in my experience, that’s the most dangerous choice of all. And I’ll leave you with one final thought: I believe we are now entering Stage 2 of this cycle. Bond prices are rising, yields have been trending lower for the past month or two, and capital is beginning to seek safety. The danger is that there are no clear signals for when we’ll transition into Stage 3, when the dollar surge and equity collapse hit full force. That uncertainty is exactly why I think it’s worth paying attention, and if there’s even a chance I’m right, preparing before that final stage arrives could make all the difference. About the Author I’m an entrepreneur and investor with ownership in multiple companies across different sectors. I founded and operate several ventures that reflect my passion for business, finance, and innovation: · Canada Capital – a business financing platform that helps Canadian companies access working capital, term loans, and lines of credit. · Appliance Doc– one of Canada’s fastest-growing appliance repair services, focused on reliability, fair pricing, and customer trust. · Gold Silver Mart – a precious metals dealer providing gold and silver bullion, insights, and analysis on global markets. · TheTreeOfLifeBook – a luxury coffee-table book brand designed to celebrate history, faith, and art through stunning print collections. · USAmericaCapital – a U.S.-based funding firm focused on connecting entrepreneurs with growth capital and strategic financial solutions. And many more ventures in development. My focus is on building, investing, and scaling companies that create real value. Whether it’s in finance, metals, real estate, or consumer services, my mission is simple: to understand cycles, take calculated risks, and help others see opportunity where most people only see uncertainty.
28 November,2025 05:56 PM IST | Mumbai | PTIEquity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced in early trade on Friday, after hitting record highs in the previous session, helped by buying in blue-chip Reliance Industries and rate cut optimism. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 103.96 points to 85,824.34 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 36.2 points to 26,251.75. From the Sensex firms, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Titan, Tech Mahindra and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were among the major gainers. However, Axis Bank, Power Grid, Adani Ports and Asian Paints were among the laggards. "Wall Street was shut for Thanksgiving, leaving Indian markets to chart their own course ahead of today's Q2 GDP print. The mood stays buoyant, powered by hopes of dual rate cuts from the US Fed and RBI, and optimism on a potential US-India trade deal, even as FIIs turned sellers to the tune of Rs 1,255 crore," Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index were trading lower while Shanghai's SSE Composite index quoted in positive territory. US markets were closed on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,255.20 crore on Thursday, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 3,940.87 crore, according to exchange data. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, climbed 0.36 per cent to USD 63.57 per barrel. Rising for the second day on Thursday, the Sensex climbed 110.87 points or 0.13 per cent to settle at 85,720.38. During the day, it hit a record high of 86,055.86. The Nifty ended marginally higher by 10.25 points or 0.04 per cent at 26,215.55. During the day, the benchmark hit an all-time high of 26,310.45. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
28 November,2025 11:01 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIStock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled their fresh record highs in early trade on Thursday amid optimistic global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate cut and foreign fund inflows. Extending its previous day's rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 416.67 points to hit its new record high of 86,026.18 during the morning trade. The earlier lifetime high of the benchmark was 85,978.25 hit on September 27, 2024. The 50-share NSE Nifty rallied 101.65 points to hit an all-time high of 26,306.95. The broader index had earlier scaled its record intra-day high of 26,277 on September 27, 2024. From the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank and Hindustan Unilever were among the biggest gainers. However, Eternal, UltraTech Cement, Trent and State Bank of India were among the laggards. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index were trading in positive territory. US markets ended higher on Wednesday. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 4,778.03 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) also purchased stocks worth Rs 6,247.93 crore in the previous trade. "Expectation of a rate cut by the Fed and a possible Russia-Ukraine peace accord have improved sentiments for equity markets globally," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited, said. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.57 per cent to USD 62.77 per barrel. "Global equity markets have extended their gains, buoyed by growing expectations of interest-rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. Major US indices including the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq posted another session of solid advances as softer Treasury yields and renewed policy optimism strengthened risk appetite. This upbeat sentiment has carried into today's global trade, with Asian markets opening higher," Ponmudi R, CEO of Enrich Money, an online trading and wealth tech firm, said. On Wednesday, the Sensex jumped 1,022.50 points or 1.21 per cent to settle at 85,609.51. The Nifty zoomed 320.50 points or 1.24 per cent to end at 26,205.30. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
27 November,2025 11:54 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIStock markets ended lower for the third straight session on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex losing nearly 314 points amid selling in IT and auto counters, as continued foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment, news agency PTI reported. In a volatile trade, the 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex declined 313.70 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 84,587.01. Twenty-four of its constituents ended with losses while six advanced. During the session, the index fell 363.98 points or 0.42 per cent to touch an intraday low of 84,536.73. Meanwhile, the 50-share National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty also dropped 74.70 points or 0.29 per cent to 25,884.80, reported PTI. Since Friday, the Nifty has shed 307 points or over 1 per cent to slip below the 26,000 mark, while the Sensex has dropped 1,045 points or 1.2 per cent over the same period. Among Sensex stocks, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Trent, Infosys, Power Grid, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, and Bajaj Finance were among the major laggards. Bharat Electronics, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Eternal, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries, however, were the gainers, reported PTI. According to exchange data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 4,171.75 crore on Monday. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), on the other hand, bought stocks valued at Rs 4,512.87 crore in the previous session. “The domestic market witnessed sharp volatility on monthly expiry day, driven by a weakening INR and continued FII outflows. Caution prevailed as investors awaited clarity on a possible rate cut in the upcoming FOMC meeting and progress on the Indo-US trade deal, despite some improving signals,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said. Broader markets, however, stayed positive, with the BSE smallcap index gaining 0.20 per cent and the midcap index rising 0.19 per cent. Among sectoral indices, IT dipped 0.75 per cent, BSE Focused IT by 0.64 per cent, consumer durables by 0.53 per cent, teck by 0.39 per cent, energy by 0.32 per cent, auto by 0.25 per cent and utilities by 0.25 per cent. Realty, commodities, healthcare, telecommunication, capital goods and metal indices were the gainers. In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Shanghai’s SSE Composite and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed in the green. European markets were trading mixed, while US markets ended sharply higher on Monday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, slipped 0.69 per cent to USD 62.93 per barrel. On Monday, the Sensex had declined 331.21 points or 0.39 per cent to finish at 84,900.71, while the Nifty fell 108.65 points or 0.42 per cent to 25,959.50. (With PTI inputs)
25 November,2025 06:34 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentBenchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Monday, driven by a rally in IT stocks and firm global market trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 218.44 points to 85,450.36 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 69.4 points to 26,137.55. From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Maruti were among the biggest gainers. However, Bharat Electronics, Eternal, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were among the laggards. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index were trading in positive territory while Shanghai's SSE Composite index quoted lower.US markets ended higher on Friday. "Nifty slipped on Friday, weighed down by weak global cues and renewed anxiety over overheated AI and tech valuations, leaving the index looking fragile after a jittery close. At the same time, Wall Street's AI-driven resurgence, optimism around a possible US-India trade deal, easing inflation at 0.25 per cent in October, supportive comments from the New York Fed, and tumbling crude prices offer meaningful tailwinds for India," Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,766.05 crore on Friday, however, Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 3,161.61 crore, according to exchange data. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.10 per cent to USD 62.50 per barrel. On Friday, the Sensex declined 400.76 points or 0.47 per cent to settle at 85,231.92. The Nifty dropped 124 points or 0.47 per cent to 26,068.15. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
24 November,2025 11:48 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIBenchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday after a two-day rally dragged by weak global market trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 285.28 points to 85,347.40 in opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 82.6 points to 26,109.55. From the Sensex firms, ICICI Bank, Eternal, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, and Power Grid were among the major laggards. However, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Titan, and Asian Paints were among the gainers. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index were trading lower. Kospi traded over 3 per cent lower while Nikkei 225 index dropped more than 2 per cent. US markets ended in negative territory on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite tanked 2.15 per cent, S&P 500 declined 1.56 per cent, and Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.84 per cent. "Market volatility has spiked. Nasdaq, the barometer of the AI trade, closed down 2.15 per cent yesterday crashing 4.4 per cent from the intra-day peak. This kind of market movement is a signal of more volatility in store," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Ltd, said. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 283.65 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) also bought stocks worth Rs 824.46 crore. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dropped 1.26 per cent to USD 62.58 per barrel. On Thursday, the Sensex jumped 446.21 points, or 0.52 per cent, to settle at 85,632.68. During the day, it surged 615.23 points, or 0.72 per cent, to hit a 52-week high of 85,801.70. The Nifty also hit its 52-week high of 26,246.65 during the day before closing at 26,192.15, reflecting a gain of 139.50 points, or 0.54 per cent. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
21 November,2025 11:14 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIEquity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in initial trade on Wednesday, tracking weak global market trends and fresh foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 135.8 points to 84,537.22 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 53.85 points to 25,856.20. From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserv, NTPC, and Sun Pharma were among the laggards. However, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra and ICICI Bank were among the gainers. In Asian markets, South Korea's Kospi, Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index quoted lower while Japan's Nikkei 225 index traded higher. US markets ended in negative territory on Tuesday. "Global stock markets continue to trade under pressure, extending a volatile phase that has pulled major US indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq into their longest losing streaks in months. The weakness is not a panic-driven crash but a broad and healthy correction following an overheated rally through most of 2025. "The biggest drag has come from cooling enthusiasm in AI and mega-cap technology stocks," Ponmudi R, CEO of Enrich Money, an online trading and wealth tech firm, said. He further said that adding to the pressure, the Federal Reserve's tone has turned more hawkish in recent days. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 728.82 crore on Tuesday. However, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought stocks worth Rs 6,156.83 crore, according to exchange data. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.25 per cent to USD 64.73 per barrel. On Tuesday, the Sensex declined 277.93 points, or 0.33 per cent, to settle at 84,673.02. The Nifty dipped 103.40 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 25,910.05. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
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