{"id":64458,"date":"2025-09-22T04:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/09\/22\/sensex-nifty-little-changed-it-stocks-tumble-after-h-1b-visa-fee-increase\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T04:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:43:39","slug":"sensex-nifty-little-changed-it-stocks-tumble-after-h-1b-visa-fee-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/09\/22\/sensex-nifty-little-changed-it-stocks-tumble-after-h-1b-visa-fee-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex, Nifty Little Changed; IT Stocks Tumble After H-1B Visa Fee Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares were little changed on Monday despite U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to impose a hefty $100000 fee on H-1B visas to protect American jobs. <\/p>\n<p>Analysts said the move could backfire on the United States and benefit India in the long run. <\/p>\n<p>Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that the 100,000 H-1B fee will choke U.S. innovation and turbocharge India&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By slamming the door on global talent, America pushes the next wave of labs, patents, innovation and startups to Bangalore and Hyderabad, Pune and Gurgaon,&#8221; he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that India now has an opportunity to harness the expertise of doctors, engineers and scientists who may otherwise have chosen to work in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark BSE Sensex was down 112 points, or 0.1 percent, at 82,512 while the broader NSE Nifty index slid by 9 points to 25,318.<\/p>\n<p>IT stocks were mostly lower, with HCL Technologies, Infosys, TCS and Tech Mahindra tumbling 2-4 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Among the prominent gainers, Trent and Adani Ports both gained around 1 percent. <br \/>NTPC was slightly higher on news it is exploring the acquisition of uranium assets abroad to secure fuel supply for its upcoming nuclear projects.<\/p>\n<p>Yes Bank rose 1.1 percent after CEO Prashant Kumar said there is room for a rating upgrade. <\/p>\n<p>PNC Infratech gained 1 percent on securing a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the Bihar State Road Development Corporation for a project valued at Rs. 495.54 crore.<\/p>\n<p>HUDCO advanced 1.6 percent after signing a pact with NBCC to execute four construction projects across India.<\/p>\n<p>RailTel was marginally higher after securing a work order valued at Rs. 18.06 crore from Dredging Corporation of India. <\/p>\n<\/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, Nifty Little Changed; IT Stocks Tumble After H-1B Visa Fee Increase<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-09-22 04:43:39<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares were little changed on Monday despite U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to impose a hefty $100000 fee on H-1B visas to protect American jobs. Analysts said the move&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asian-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/64459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}