Business update: Time 14:37 PM, Friday 28-2-2025.
Tata Motors shares fell the longest in 10 years, price reached ₹ 625, stock has been giving negative returns for 7 months
In the last six months, the Sensex has fallen by about 8,897.66 points or 10.78%. On the other hand, the Nifty has fallen by 3,026.85 or 11.97% during this period.
Due to the fall, investor wealth has declined by Rs 7.46 lakh crore. The main reasons for the fall in the market are global uncertainty, interest rates and selling by foreign investors – all of which are adding to investor stress. Due to the weak trend in the global markets, the storm of selling in the domestic stock market continues on Friday. On the last trading day of the week, the Sensex slipped by 1000 points. On the other hand, the Nifty also fell by about 300 points. At 9:50 am, the Sensex fell 940.77 (1.26%) points to reach the level of 73,703.80. On the other hand, the Nifty was seen trading at 22,272.10, down 272.96 (1.21%) points. In the last six months, the Sensex has fallen by about 8,897.66 points i.e. 10.78%. On the other hand, the Nifty has registered a decline of 3,026.85 or 11.97% during this period. With the continuous decline in the market, investors are now getting worried about which strategy they should adopt next?
Investors lost Rs 7.46 lakh croreWith a sharp decline in the domestic stock market, investors’ wealth declined by Rs 7.46 lakh crore in early trade on Friday. The benchmark Sensex fell more than 1,000 points amid a softening trend in global stock markets. In recent days, fresh tariff threats from the US have strengthened fears of a global trade war, due to which foreign capital continues to flow out of the market.
This is considered a major and important reason for the decline. On Friday morning, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell 1,032.99 points or 1.38 percent to 73,579.44 points. After a sharp decline in shares, the market capitalization of companies listed on the BSE fell by Rs 7,46,647.62 crore to Rs 3,85,63,562.91 crore (US$ 4.42 trillion) in morning trade.
Selling dominated in most companies listed in Sensex-NiftyMost of the 30 companies listed in Sensex were seen trading in red on Friday. Shares of Indusind Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Infosys, Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Maruti suffered the biggest losses. Shares of Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank were in profit. International standard Brent crude remained flat at $ 73.69 per barrel with a decline of 0.47 percent. According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were sellers on Thursday and sold shares worth Rs 556.56 crore net.
Rupee fell 19 paise to 87.37 per dollar in early trade
The rupee fell 19 paise to 87.37 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday. The strength of the US currency and the negative trend in domestic stock markets affected investor sentiment. Foreign exchange traders said that the ongoing uncertainty over the imposition of tariffs by the US has destabilized the financial markets. The rupee opened at 87.32 against the US currency in the interbank foreign exchange market and then came down to 87.37 per dollar, showing a decline of 19 paise from the previous close price.The rupee closed almost stable at 87.18 against the US dollar on Thursday. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which shows the position of the US dollar against six major currencies, stood at 107.35 with a gain of 0.10 percent.