Mumbai: The BSE Sensex declined by 116.14 points to close at 85,408.70 on Wednesday. Intraday, the barometer hit a high of 85,738.18 and a low of 85,342.19.
The NSE Nifty slipped 35.05 points to settle at 26,142.10.
Gainers
from the Sensex pack: Power Grid, UltraTech Cement, Maruti, and Trent. Laggards included Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, InterGlobe Aviation, and Sun Pharma.Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 1,794.80 crore on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) continued to infuse money andspent Rs 3,812.37 crore to purchase equities.
RBI’s liquidity initiatives
“Indian equities moved largely sideways in a holiday-shortened week, with trading volumes remaining subdued as the year draws to a close — a trend mirrored across broader Asian markets. The RBI’s recently announced liquidity initiatives, including OMOs and a USD/INR buy-sell swap, are expected to improve systemic liquidity and help stabilise currency volatility,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Ltd, told PTI.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced its plans to purchase government securities worth Rs 2 lakh crore and conduct a USD 10 billion buy/sell dollar-rupee swap auction to inject liquidity in the banking system.
The Open Market Operations purchase and swap auctions will tale place from December 29, 2025 to 22 January 2026.
Asian Markets
South Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closed lower, while Shanghai’s SSE Composite index, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index settled in Green. The US stock markets settled in positive territory on Tuesday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, appreciated 0.02 per cent at USD 62.39 per barrel.
The 30-share Sensex on Tuesday went down 42.64 points to finish at 85,524.84. The broader Nifty closed marginally up by 4.75 points to 26,177.15.
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