{"id":68122,"date":"2025-12-29T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/29\/sensex-nifty-settle-lower-after-cautious-session\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:00:33","slug":"sensex-nifty-settle-lower-after-cautious-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/29\/sensex-nifty-settle-lower-after-cautious-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex, Nifty Settle Lower After Cautious Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> India&#8217;s benchmark indexes Sensex and the Nifty50 ended weak on Monday, as sustained selling by foreign portfolio investors weighed on stocks. Trading volumes remained thin once again, and a lack of positive data rendered the mood cautious for yet another day.<\/p>\n<p>Global cues were mixed. While Asian stocks turned in a mixed performance today, the major European <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span> showed weakness, with investors looking for direction<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark BSE Sensex settled at 84,695.54, losing 345.91 points or 0.41%, while the National Stock Exchange&#8217;s Nifty50 ended with a loss of 100.20 points or 0.38% at 25,942.10. The Sensex extended its losing streak to a fourth straight session.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the session, the Sensex and the Nifty50 climbed to 85,250.00 and 26,106.80, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare, consumer durables, <span class=\"landLinks\">technology<\/span> and realty stocks were among the notable losers. A few stocks from the automobile sector too closed weak.<\/p>\n<p>Adani Ports &amp; Special Economic Zone ended down 2.22%. HCL Technologies and Power Grid Corporation, both ended lower by about 1.85%.<\/p>\n<p>Trent, BEL, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra, TCS, Infosys, ICICI Bank and ITC closed weak by 0.5 to 1.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Adani Enterprises, Jio Financial Services, Max Health, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises and Hindalco also ended weak.<\/p>\n<p>Tata Steel climbed nearly 2%. Asian Paints advanced by about 1%, while Eternal, NTPC, Axis Bank and Hind Unilever posted modest gains.<\/p>\n<p>Tata Consumer Products gained about 1.6%. Grasim Industries moved up 1%, while Nestle, Bajaj Auto, Indigo and UltraTech Cement moved modestly higher.<\/p>\n<p>The market breadth was weak. On BSE, 2,748 stocks closed weak, while 1,568 stocks moved higher, and 205 stocks ended flat. <\/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 Settle Lower After Cautious Session<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-12-29 11:00:33<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s benchmark indexes Sensex and the Nifty50 ended weak on Monday, as sustained selling by foreign portfolio investors weighed on stocks. 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