Mumbai: The BSE Sensex declined 490.80 points to 84,611.89 on December 9, 2025, Monday. The NSE Nifty went down 154.95 points to 25,805.60. The equity
benchmark indices plunged in line with weak global cues, relentkless selling by foreign investors and selling pressure in IT stocks and Reliance Industries.
Market investors adopted a cautious approach ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting outcome, which is expected to provide cues on the interest rate trajectory.
The US Fed will be kickstarting its two-day policy meeting later on Tuesday, where the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will decide on key benchmark interest rates for the world’s largest economy. The Fed will announce the decisions taken in the meeting on Wednesday.
Sensex pack laggards
- Asian Paints
- Trent
- Mahindra & Mahindra
- Tata Steel
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Reliance Industries
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles
- Bharat Electronics Ltd
- Tech Mahindra
- NTPC
- HCL Technologies
- Infosys
- UltraTech Cement
Hindustan Unilever and Bharti Airtel were the only gainers.
The unabated selling by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) continued on Monday, as the fIIs offloaded equities worth Rs 655.59 crore. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) continued with their buying spree and pumped in Rs 2,542.49 crore to buy equities.
“Despite hopes pinned on a potential US Fed cut on December 10, sentiment remains fragile with FIIs continuing to sell, the rupee weakening towards 90/USD, and global cues turning softer,” Prashanth Tapse , Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said.
Despite the market downturn, Physicswallah (PW) stock is trading in the green, jumping 3.89% to Rs 143.83. The company’s strong Q2 results supported the stock. Consolidated profit increased 69.6% to Rs 69.7 crore, significantly higher than Rs 41.1 crore last year. Due to strong earnings, PW stock is outperforming the market despite the downturn.
Nifty top laggards
Shanghai’s SSE Composite index, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, and South Korea’s KOSPI traded in the negative territory while Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark traded in positive.
On 8 December, the BSE barometer dropped by 609.68 points to settle at 85,102.69. Snapping a two-day gaining streak, the Nifty declined by 225.90 points to close at 25,960.55.
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