Last Updated on December 10, 2025 5:57 pm by BIZNAMA NEWS
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Domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, pressured by a sharp last-hour selloff in consumer durables, private banking, and IT stocks. The downturn pulled the indices to their lowest levels in nearly a month.
The Nifty 50 slipped 81.65 points (0.32%) to settle at 25,758, after oscillating between an intraday high of 25,947.65 and a low of 25,734.55.
The index opened near 59,280, moved up to 59,440, but later slipped to an intra-day low of 58,850 before closing around 58,990, down nearly 0.4 per cent.
Among the Sensex stocks, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma and ITC were the top performers. On the other hand, Eternal, Trent and Bharti Airtel dragged the index down with notable losses.
The mood was weak in the broader market as well. The Nifty MidCap 100 index declined 1.12 per cent, while the Nifty SmallCap 100 index shed 0.90 per cent by the close.
Sector-wise, consumer durables stocks saw the sharpest fall, with the Nifty Consumer Durables index tumbling 1.72 per cent.
IT and PSU bank shares also slipped, down 0.89 per cent and 0.70 per cent, respectively.
In contrast, Nifty Metal and Nifty Media indices ended the day on a positive note, emerging as the top sectoral gainers.
Top Drags (Sensex Constituents)
A cluster of large-cap names weighed heavily on the indices:
- Consumer Durables: Eternal, Trent
- Telecom: Bharti Airtel
- IT & Tech: Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS
- Banks & Financials: ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance
- Industrials & Infrastructure: Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
- Auto: Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles
- Cement: UltraTech Cement
- Defence Electronics: Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
Top Gainers
Selective buying supported a few frontline stocks:
- Metals: Tata Steel
- Pharma: Sun Pharma
- FMCG: ITC
- Power & Utilities: NTPC, PowerGrid
- Conglomerates & Energy: Reliance Industries
- IT (Selective): HCL Technologies
- Paints: Asian Paints
