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Indian Markets Close Lower as Profit Booking Weighs on Sentiment

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Indian equity benchmarks closed lower on December 26 amid profit booking and continued FII selling. Despite the daily decline, Sensex and Nifty posted weekly gains, supported by metal stocks, while IT stocks lagged and broader markets remained mixed.


Welcome to Markets Daily by Bajaj Broking. Here is your closing market update for Friday, December 26. Don’t forget to check out Evening Podcast for more updates!

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Market Overview

Indian equity benchmark indices ended the session lower, as profit booking in a holiday-truncated trading week and continued foreign institutional investor selling weighed on overall market sentiment.

Benchmark Indices Performance

At the close of trade, the Sensex declined by 367.25 points, or 0.43 percent, to settle at 85,041.45. The Nifty also ended in the red, slipping 99.80 points, or 0.38 percent, to close at 26,042.30.

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Factors Supporting Weekly Gains

Despite the weaker finish during the session, both benchmark indices managed to post gains for the week. The Sensex and the Nifty rose by around 0.4 percent, positioning themselves to snap a three-week losing streak.

Weekly gains were supported by strength in metal stocks. This strength was backed by improving demand cues from China, a softer U.S. dollar, and a stable U.S. growth outlook.

The broader market delivered a mixed performance. The midcap index ended marginally lower by 0.23 percent, while the smallcap index slipped by 0.08 percent.

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Sectoral Performance

On the sectoral front, Nifty IT emerged as the top laggard, declining 1 percent during the session. This was followed by losses in the Media and Auto indices.

In contrast, metal stocks outperformed, with the Metal index gaining 0.59 percent, providing support to the market through the week.

Stock-Specific Highlights

Among individual stocks, Titan was among the top performers, gaining around 2.17 percent, while Asian Paints recorded the sharpest decline, falling 1.40 percent.

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That concludes today’s closing market update from Markets Daily by Bajaj Broking.

Indian Markets Close Lower as Profit Booking Weighs on Sentiment

Published Date : 26 Dec 2025

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