{"id":62812,"date":"2025-08-08T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/08\/sensex-plunges-765-points-on-tariff-worries-nifty-ends-below-24400\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T10:24:51","slug":"sensex-plunges-765-points-on-tariff-worries-nifty-ends-below-24400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/08\/sensex-plunges-765-points-on-tariff-worries-nifty-ends-below-24400\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex Plunges 765 Points On Tariff Worries; Nifty Ends Below 24,400"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares fell sharply on Friday amid concerns that steep 50 percent U.S. tariffs on Indian goods may hut the country&#8217;s manufacture push and slow economic growth. <\/p>\n<p>Moody&#8217;s Ratings said India&#8217;s real GDP growth may slow by around 0.3 percentage points from its current forecast of 6.3 percent for the fiscal year ending March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Reducing Russian oil imports to avoid penalty tariffs could also make it harder for India to secure alternative crude supplies in sufficient quantities, Moody&#8217;s said.<\/p>\n<p>The ratings agency forecast India&#8217;s real GDP growth to slow by around 0.3 percentage points from its current forecast of 6.3 percent for the fiscal year ending March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 765.47 points, or 0.95 percent, at 79,857.79 due to tariff worries and concerns over sustained foreign fund outflows. <\/p>\n<p>The broader NSE Nifty fell 232.85 points, or 0.95 percent, to 24,363.30, marking the sixth straight weekly loss for the index. <\/p>\n<p>The BSE mid-cap and small-cap indexes lost 1.6 percent and 1 percent, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The market breadth was weak on the BSE, with 2,498 shares falling while 1,529 shares advanced and 146 shares closed unchanged. <\/p>\n<p>Shares of Bharti Airtel tumbled 3.4 percent after 6.7 crore shares of the company changed hands at Rs. 12,563 crore in block deals.<\/p>\n<p>Among other prominent decliners, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, UltraTech Cement, Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra and Tata Motors fell 1-2 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Sensex Plunges 765 Points On Tariff Worries; Nifty Ends Below 24,400<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-08-08 10:24:51<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares fell sharply on Friday amid concerns that steep 50 percent U.S. tariffs on Indian goods may hut the country&#8217;s manufacture push and slow economic growth. 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